Australia’s Usman Khawaja appears past stop-gap Sydney position

While Usman Khawaja is able to fill in for Travis Head within the fourth Ashes Test in opposition to England, the veteran Australia batsman hopes his wouldn’t be a stop-gap position this 12 months.
Head will miss the Sydney contest, which begins on Wednesday, after testing constructive for Covid-19, and Khawaja is about to play his first check in additional than two years.
Khawaja is conscious that Head, whose match-winning 152 within the Brisbane opener set the tone for Australia’s unassailable 3-0 lead within the sequence, is more likely to reclaim the spot within the closing Test in Hobart however believes he can nonetheless contribute to Australia.
“It’s one of those things where even if I do play, it’ll only be for one game,” Khawaja advised Cricket Australia (CA).
“I understand that situation … hopefully I can go out there and score a hundred and do well for the team in the absence of ‘Heady’.”
“Even if that doesn’t happen, there’s a lot of cricket still to come up,” he stated.
Australia will tour Pakistan in March-April and Khawaja hopes to be a part of the squad.
“I’ll potentially have one game for Australia here, but even if that doesn’t happen, I know there’s still …a lot of cricket on the subcontinent which I feel I’m very suited too.”

“I’m just putting my head down, making sure I’m working really hard and doing the best I can for Australia whenever I get the opportunity.”
Should he get that in Sydney, the Queensland captain is assured of profiting from it regardless of sitting out the primary three matches of the sequence.
“It’s at all times nicer whenever you’re coming off video games. I haven’t performed for in all probability a month now, but it surely shouldn’t take too lengthy.
“If I play and get out there, bat for half an hour and get into it, I should find that sync again.”Khawaja turned 35 final month and stated he felt match sufficient to hold on.
“I still feel quite young in my head. As long as that’s there, I still have the fire spark and as long as the body’s holding up…I’ll keep playing the game.”
Cricket Australia confirmed all squad members and assist workers returned adverse Covid-19 outcomes from Friday’s testing.