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Usman Khawaja: Australia opener Usman Khawaja has backed Matthew Renshaw to be his opening partner in The Ashes, saying he is in the best form right now to have a go and score runs.

Renshaw began his summer with a century during Queensland’s Sheffield Shield opening match against Tasmania in Brisbane and remains a candidate to open the batting alongside Khawaja during the Ashes series, starting from November 21 in Perth.

Renshaw, who played 14 Tests for Australia and scored 645 runs at an average of 29.31, including a career-best 184 against Pakistan during the 2017 New Year’s Test at the SCG, last played a Test in February 2023 but has not opened the batting since 2018.