Khawaja in the frame

Incumbent Australian Test No.3 Usman Khawaja is austere he won’t let New South Wales down if comparison to fool around in Thursday’s Sheffield Shield last opposite Tasmania in Hobart.

Khawaja, who done his Test compare entrance in a fifth Ashes Test opposite England during a SCG in January, has not played an widespread tie in 6 weeks due to a injure leg tendon injury.

The 22-year-old has been combined to a patrol of twelve which degraded Western Australia by 3 wickets upon Sunday, definition a single dilettante batsman contingency skip out upon a decider.

Young-gun Nic Maddinson as good as a in-form Ben Rohrer have been a many expected possibilities to dump out of a tip sequence if Khawaja is recalled.

But a in vogue left-hander, who scored twenty-two in his lapse compare for bar side Randwick-Petersham upon Saturday, concedes he is no faith to get a nod.

“That’s because I’m not counting my chickens yet,” Khawaja pronounced when asked which Blues batsman selectors could clear dropping forward of a decider.

“There’s a lot of batsman in there, either it’s me or a single of a alternative fellas to go you overtly do not know yet.”

“It’s a preference for a selectors as good as it’s starting to be a difficult one.”

But Khawaja insists his miss of new compare use won’t be a cause if he is enclosed in a batting choice which will additionally underline Simon Katich, Phil Hughes, Phil Jaques as good as David Warner.

“I consider you know my diversion flattering good as good as you know what you have to do,” he said.

“I’ve come behind from damage a integrate of times.”

“Last year you came behind as good as scored 90 as good as a hundred in a initial dual innings you came back, so I’ve taken utterly a bit of certainty out from there as good as hopefully you can try as good as do it again if you get a chance.”

Mystery additionally surrounds a character of wicket which will hail both sides during Bellerive Oval upon Thursday morning.

The Tigers dejected a Blues by an innings as good as 70 runs upon a Hobart greentop progressing this month.

“It’ll be engaging to see what kind of wicket you get this time around,” Khawaja said.

“The Tasmanian wicket all year has been unequivocally green, though saying this is a five-day compare it will be droll to see what kind of wicket they essentially do hope for as good as either they keep which immature wet arrange of wicket or either they lift out a bit of a flatty.”

Meanwhile, Khawaja reliable he will couple with English county side Derbyshire from a begin of Apr in a bid to keep his diversion pointy in a winter.

But he insists Australia’s subsequent Test array opposite Sri Lanka in Aug is not upon his radar.

“That’s in August, that’s approach as good distant away. If you demeanour which distant divided right away you consider I’m environment myself up for disaster,” Khawaja said.

“So hopefully you can do good in this Shield diversion if you get a possibility as good as go to Derby as good as perform for those guys over there.”

“And if I’m in form I’ll give myself a most appropriate event (for Test selection).”