Home Fit & Fun Sports Australian batsman Khawaja on road to recovery

Australian batsman Khawaja on road to recovery

Spread the love

Melbourne, May 20 (IANS) Australian batsman Usman Khawaja is set to pick up a cricket bat this week for the first time since injuring his knee last summer, and remains determined to lead Australia A on their tour of India in July.

Khawaja was named captain of the potential-packed four-day and one-day A squads to play a series of matches against India A in July that will also feature a return to red-ball cricket for World Cup-winning speedster Patrick Cummins, reports cricket.com.au.

Khawaja had set the Matador One-Day Cup alight with Queensland and seemed on track for a big summer until he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a training drill with the Sydney Thunder just before the start of the Big Bash League.

The injury, rare in cricket, required a full knee reconstruction and ended his season. The talented and classy left-hander has stayed the course and battled hard to recover, with his eyes firmly set on leading the A tour.

“I’ve been running for four weeks now and doing straight lines at a 100 percent. I start doing agility training tomorrow (Thursday), nearly five months after getting injured,” Khawaja told cricket.com.au on Wednesday.

“I’ll be back holding a bat this week, I’m going to be doing throw downs and hopefully progress from there. I’ve been selected for the Australia A team in July, fingers crossed I will be fit for that. I feel pretty good so far and every week it’s getting better.”

Khawaja, still only 28, played the last of his nine Tests during the 2013 Ashes tour.


Spread the love

Exit mobile version