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After Khawaja's last outing in Sydney, he had to be in the Test team, and Marcus Harris is the unlucky man to miss out, with the Queensland skipper bumped up from five to open with David Warner.
Once again, selectors have been a little reactive, waiting until Khawaja is no longer a genuine top-order batter at Sheffield Shield level to pick him as an opener. Khawaja usually bats at four for Queensland, just ahead of another player being touted as a possible player to return to the top two spots for Australia, Matt Renshaw.
Not saying they were wrong - he had to stay in the team and Harris was the obvious one to go - but this is not the first time the selectors' timing just seems to be bizarrely off. Anyway, there have been plenty of references the past couple of months to Khawaja's average of 96.80 as a Test opener, so I thought we should have a look at the seven innings in which he's opened for Australia in the whites for some context.Faf du Plessis's declaration catches David Warner off the field, forcing Khawaja to open with Matt Renshaw on short notice. He scores 145 in the day-night Test.
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