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Usman Khawaja’s bid to reclaim his spot in Australia’s top order for the Boxing Day Test against West Indies is back on track after the batsman was passed fit to play in a domestic Twenty20 competition.
Khawaja missed the West Indies series-opener in Hobart and the third and final Test against New Zealand in Adelaide last month after suffering a hamstring injury against the Black Caps in Perth.
Khawaja fitness doubt after Big Bash pullout
The left-hander was rested for Sydney Thunder’s ‘Big Bash’ opener on Thursday but passed a fitness test the following day and will pad up for the side at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.
If he emerges from that unscathed, Khawaja is expected to be picked for the second Test against West Indies in Melbourne, leaving selectors with a tough call to drop either opener Joe Burns or batsman Shaun Marsh.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 20th, 2015.
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