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Some top order batsmen are expected to play 'backbone' innings in 50 over matches. Khawaja is one. Also the likes of Root, S Marsh, du Plessis etc.
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Maybe I should put this in the WC thread, but I think Khawaja just got in the way of Smith in the WC. They both lack power hitting (and Khawaja, despite one very good catch on the boundary line, is a terrible fielder), so it's hard to fit them in the one side. Root did far, far better in the WC than either.
List A pertinent stats.
Khawaja averages 48.10 with a strike rate of 86.55
Finch (including his 188*) averages 40.66 with a strike rate of 89.1
So, Ussy has a much better average and similar s/r as one of the best Limited Overs batsmen in the World.
By the way, the ODI stats of those two are almost identical to their List A numbers. Khawaja's average is lower but still higher than Finch's.
NSW squad: Peter Nevill (c & wk), Sean Abbott, Patrick Cummins, Jack Edwards, Matthew Gilkes, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner
"Nine members of the 12-man Blues squad to face the Tigers have played international cricket, with the all-Australian bowling attack of Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon set to give Tasmania's batsmen a torrid time.
Following the match, Warner, Smith, Starc and Cummins will all join Australia's T20 squad for their series against Sri Lanka, which starts on Sunday." - cricket.com.au
"Victoria will be without four of their first-choice Shield bowlers with James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Chris Tremain and Scott Boland all rested after heavy workloads." Also - cricket.com.au