He scored 137 in the first innings of the Fourth Test on Saturday after Khawaja’s unbeaten 101, a match he played only because travis head had tested positive for COVID-19,
Khawaja, who was born to Pakistani immigrants, said on Wednesday that he is “living the Australian dream” and his story comeback has now presented Australia with a headache for selection, with a return set to head. hobart test,
Khawaja, who is playing his first Test after 2-1/2 years in the jungle, told reporters on Saturday, “At the moment I am not really looking forward to playing the next Test match, but I will always be ready for whatever happens. ”
“Who knows, someone else could have COVID, something could happen. You have to be prepared.”
The 35-year-old has been a frequent in and out of the team and said that he understands, even supports, the idea of consistency in team selection.
“Once you get selected for Australia, I think you should get a good crack at it for a while. You worked hard to get there and get selected.”
“I’ve been on both sides. I’ve been dropped and picked and dropped and picked. I really enjoyed the process and the selectors’ interactions with the players.”
Given his red-hot form, Australia may be tempted to play Khawaja as an opener Marcus Harris Who has scored one fifty in seven innings of the series.
Khawaja said, “Maybe in the future. I batted at five in this Test match, it was a lot of fun and scored runs. You can’t really compare five with the opening.”
In Australia’s bowling department, Scott Boland took advantage of an injured absence Josh Hazlewood and made a match-winning debut in Melbourne.
Hazlewood could not recover from a side strain and Boland was retained for the ongoing fourth Test in Sydney Cricket Land.
“If Josh Hazlewood was fit, obviously he would have been dropped. It was just the reality of it and it sucks, but this is cricket,” Khawaja said.
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