Sydney hero Usman Khawaja has retained his spot in the Test side, but a former Australian cricketer has warned against the move.
Last week, Khawaja was named in the Australian starting XI for the first time since August 2019 after teammate Travis Head tested positive to Covid-19 ahead of the New Year’s Test in Sydney.
“What creates the challenge is that Marcus Harris is not struggling,” former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist told“He’s played a fantastic innings in Melbourne that went a long way to Australia winning that Test and setting it up. Even here he’s shown he’s not out of his depth. “I think he’s a wonderful player. I think he’s in a period of his career where he’s very content with his game and he’s got an understanding of how he wants to go and play.“It’s a phenomenal effort what he managed to achieve last week. It was truly brilliant. We need to make sure we keep him quiet as best we can here in Tasmania.”
“But he’s been batting in the middle-order, and that’s his best spot. He’s been batting at No. 4 for Queensland through Sheffield Shield over the last couple of seasons, which put him in the form that he could do what he did in the Sydney Test. Mitchell Starc was the only paceman from either side to feature in all four Ashes Tests to date, prompting suggestions the Aussie quick should be rested for the fifth match.
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