Ashes 2025-26: Explained – Why is Usman Khawaja playing in the Adelaide Test despite being left out initially? |

17/12/2025 07:15 - Veteran Australian batter Usman Khawaja was handed a last-minute lifeline after being left out of the initial XI on the eve of the Adelaide Test match. Khawaja grabbed his lifeline in style, striking ten boundaries to reach 82 before eventually falling to Will Jacks.