Australian batsman Usman Khawaja ruled out of Adelaide and Hobart Tests after re-injured left hamstring.
Khawaja who made his return to Test cricket after scoring back to back centuries now left out of third and fourth Test match of the series after suffering hamstring injury.
“It probably makes it worse in a way, because I feel so good. I think that’s why I was so disappointed yesterday,” he said. “Coming into the match it felt tight.”
“I knew it was touch and go. I felt like it could’ve gone in this match, but at the same time I’ve had my hammy feel like that and I’ve got through before.”
“I just really wanted to get through this game because I knew we had a 10-day break after it. To score two hundreds, you always feel good, so it was really disappointing when it happened because I guess I’d just started enjoying Test cricket. Hopefully I can be right and come back soon.”
The hamstring trouble can be seen as a distant aftershock from the serious knee injury and surgery that ruled him out of last summer. Since returning to cricket for Australia A in the winter, Khawaja has built up his workload steadily, but the exertions of the past two weeks took their toll on a hot Perth afternoon.
