'You suspect if Warner doesn't play – it's an 'if' at this stage – it's almost a bat-off'. The heat is on Marcus Harris to deliver in Adelaide. 😬 9WWOS Ashes
Marcus Harris and Marnus Labuschagne were in the middle when Australia completed their tiny run chase to win the first Ashes Test.
"If Usman plays and gets runs, and Harris's woes continue ... you can see Australia will make that choice and probably go for Khawaja for the Boxing Day Test."Despite a solid summer in domestic cricket, Khawaja's case was hurt by a pair of failures for Australia A against the England Lions last week.
Khawaja has two Test centuries as an opener for Australia, with one coming against South Africa in 2016 "That was his best [innings] in Test cricket for mine," Taylor said. "That pink ball game, [against] a very good bowling attack that South Africa had … he was almost thrust into opening the batting because Warner was off the field."Khawaja gets pushed straight up and makes 140-odd and was man of the match in the game."
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