Australia opener Usman Khawaja says he’ll preserve taking part in Test cricket simply so long as he continues to tick three essential containers.
It’s a case of to this point, so good for the 36-year-old, who topped the Ashes batting mixture throughout either side within the current 2-2 sequence attract England that ensured Australia retained the urn.
Khawaja was requested at Cricket Australia’s Play Cricket Week marketing campaign in Brisbane if the house Ashes sequence of 2025-26 was nonetheless in his sights.
“In 2025 … one series at a time I go with,” Khawaja grinned.
“You can get ahead of yourself and look to that time (in 2025) and think, ‘I can probably get there’, but I don’t want to (do that).
“I like taking part in one summer season at a time and seeing how the physique goes, how the thoughts goes and whether or not I’m having fun with it.
“It is those three things. I am ticking those three boxes at the moment so I will keep playing.”
Khawaja has had a number of weeks to mirror on this yr’s thrilling Ashes sequence.
“I have had so many people come up to me and tell me how good the Test series was. So for cricket … cricket definitely won,” he stated.
“I’ve had more than 50 people tell me the last couple of weeks how much sleep they lost watching the Ashes.
“We would have cherished to have received however we now have now retained (or received) 4 Ashes sequence in a row … 2019 and 2023 in England.
“The last time England won in Australia was 2010-11, when I debuted.
“So we have been dominating Ashes cricket for a very long time and that’s the larger image.
“England is going to have to come back here and beat us and do something they haven’t done for a very long time.”
Australia play Pakistan and West Indies within the coming months, with Khawaja wanting ahead to opening alongside David Warner in what will likely be his good mate’s final summer season of Test cricket.
He stated the long run appeared vivid within the opening ranks, regardless of who changed Warner in Tests.
“Marcus Harris has been travelling with us a lot, everywhere we go. It would be remiss to think that he is not the next in line to open the batting for Australia,” Khawaja stated.
“(In Queensland) Matt Renshaw has been around and playing some beautiful cricket, and scored a Test hundred in Sydney early on (in his career).
“Then there’s the likes of Cameron Bancroft, who performed very well too in WA and has performed for Australia additionally.”
Khawaja said the Play Cricket Week initiative, which features approximately 150 high-profile cricketers around the country, was vital to encourage kids to take up the sport.
“Participation is the be-all and end-all for cricket,” Khawaja stated.
“It is nice to see the younger boys and now it’s actually thrilling to see the females in participation. When I used to be youthful it was very totally different.
“The amount of girls that come up to me these days and ask for an autograph is pretty cool.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
