Usman Khawaja has marked a four-year contract with Brisbane Heat, it was annoucned on Wednesday, June 29. Khawaja, the most noteworthy run-scorer for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League had left the group for family reasons. "I generally figured I would polish off as a Thunder player, yet it is interesting the way in which things change,'' he was cited as saying by Brisbane Heat. Khawaja, who is based out of Queensland, will have a homecoming of sorts with this move. "I've expressed it for quite a while, that Brisbane is home, Queensland is home, and to be here, chief of Queensland, and presently joining the Heat - it is truly invigorating," said Khawaja. "I realize I will play before my family, and a home group, when I am at the Gabba or Metricon Stadium with the Heat. I love the Thunder and the Thunder Nation, and yet, this is a change that comes brilliantly. "It was anything but a simple choice, it was an extremely intense one, however the timing feels right. I like to say I used to be a privileged Queensland and presently I am one. "I have been freely attached with the Heat through my Queensland jobs for a long time, thus I am anticipating the test of taking a stab at a genuinely new thing by going along with them now," he said.