Traditional opening batsman Usman Khawaja is set to give an explanation to Cricket Australia (CA) officials about his remark of "a piece of s***" on the Optus Stadium's pitch in Perth during the first Test match of the Ashes series.

According to SEN Cricket, CA officials were not satisfied with Khawaja's comment, and match referee Ranjan Madugalle had rated the pitch of the first match as a "very good" surface.