Needing a good innings to reclaim his spot in the Test team for the Boxing Day match against the West Indies, Khawaja hit 12 fours and three sixes for a strike-rate of 155.
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The sorry state of West Indies cricket has been a major talking point in Australia, with some questioning whether the Caribbean islanders deserved the marquee Tests of the summer.
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If Burns is dropped, there is speculation that either Khawaja, a usual No.3, or Marsh, who has a first-class opening average of 44.95 in 22 innings, could be moved up to open.
Burns has played in all four Tests this season, opening the batting alongside David Warner following the retirement of Chris Rogers after this year’s Ashes series in England.
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But after leading Australia to a series victory over New Zealand and a swashbuckling 182 in Hobart against West Indies, the perennial yo-yo batsman could consider himself unlucky to be watching the Boxing Day Test from the stands.
“It’s up to the administration to work out how we get to the stage of, for instance New Zealand, as a result of they’ve comparable issues and they’re getting all their gamers to play”, he stated.
“Times change and I think that is one of our problems, we tend to hold on too much to the past and not focus on the future”.
Warner forecast no relief for the beleaguered tourists, who he said had offered little resistance on day one in Hobart when he and Burns were caning their bowlers.
The rest of the line-up was unchanged from the first Test, which the hosts won by an innings and 212 runs in Hobart earlier this month.
Siddle admitted that potential players were there in the opposition side who could perform at the Test level and, therefore, called on his side to play good cricket.
“We’re all fired up and ready to go”.
“When you’re not scoring runs it’s always hard to pick yourself up”, he said.
“I believe the guys have that sort of resilience in them”.
“It’s never been something that we can just make a steady progression forward with”.
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This agreement, however, is subject to the WICB and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) “giving a joint commitment to complete, at a later date, the tour which prematurely ended in October 2014”, said a WICB statement.
