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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Melbourne, Dec 13<\/strong>- Australia have put in batsman Usman Khawaja&rsquo;s name in the 13-man squad for the Boxing day cricket Test here against the West Indies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Right-hander Khawaja missed the first Test between the two sides because of an injury. He will have two games for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League in the lead-up to the Boxing Day to push his case for a recall after his replacement, Shaun Marsh, made 182 in the comprehensive first Test win against the West Indies in Hobart, a sports website reported on sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Queensland captain struck back-to-back centuries in the first two Tests of the summer against New Zealand before sustaining a hamstring injury on day two in Perth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;Usman will come into the 13 for the Melbourne Test match subject to fitness. That&#39;s the big one for us,&quot; Australia coach Darren Lehmann said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New South Wales (NSW) Blues left-arm spinner Stephen O&#39;Keefe will join the team in Sydney as part of a 14-man squad for the New Year&#39;s Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;Then (Stephen) O&#39;Keefe will come into Sydney as well. So we&#39;ll have 13 and 14 for the next two Test matches and then with that we&#39;ve got to make some decisions. Usman&#39;s first got to be fit. If he&#39;s not fit he won&#39;t play, there&#39;s no doubt about that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;We&#39;ve got to make sure he&#39;s (Khawaja) playing BBL to get some sort of match fitness and see how the strain of the hamstring is and then when we get him in on the 23rd (December) we&#39;ll have a look at him and see whether he&#39;s available to play. We&#39;ve got a dilemma. We&#39;ve just got to pick the best team to win that particular game. If Usman is in then someone&#39;s got to miss out. If he&#39;s not in, then probably the same six (batsmen),&quot; he concluded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agency<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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