KHAWAJA MAY OPEN AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA
Australia batsman Usman Khawaja could find himself opening against South Africa’s formidable pace attack in the first test in Perth on November 3, just months after being dropped during a poor tour of Sri Lanka. Khawaja has played most of his cricket at number three for Australia but could end up at the top of the order for the Test at the WACA after Shaun Marsh suffered a hamstring strain. “I think you can look at him (Khawaja) as a one, two or three,” Australia coach Darren Lehmann told reporters in Sydney on Wednesday. “It depends on the make-up of the side.”