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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Wellington, 10 February<\/strong>\u0964 A video footage emerged on Wednesday showing Australia batsman Usman Khawaja becoming touchy-feely and progressively moving his hand down to teammate Adam Zampa&#39;s buttocks before the second One-Day match against New Zealand last week.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It happened when the teams stood with arms linked during the national anthems, presumably to test the debutant&#39;s composure, and giving him an unusual &quot;welcome&quot; to the side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>New Zealand sports show &quot;The Crowd Goes Wild&quot; spotted the incident and posted the 12-second clip on its Facebook page.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>To his credit, Khawaja was able to see the funny side of the footage being widely shared on social media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Zampa was not put off by his teammate&#39;s affections, claiming two wickets on debut in a strong performance that helped him into Australia&#39;s squad for the World T20 in India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Later on, Khawaja wrote on Twitter it was done out of fun.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;hahaha oh boy. Didn&#39;t realize there were cameras filming from behind,&quot; Khawaja tweeted on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;haha it was all consensual. Just having a joke with the debutant,&quot; the batsman said in second tweet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Agency<\/strong><\/p>\r\n",
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