Usman Khawaja has a Test average of 61 opening the battingCredit:Reuters
Renshaw has 342 Shield runs this season at 47 and a strike rate of 47,scoring 37 in 103 balls during his most recent innings,against WA,while Harris has 282 at 31 and a strike rate of 43. He scored three and six during the current match against South Australia.
If Australia were to ignore like-for-like and simply pick their next best batsman when Warner exits stage left,it would be Cameron Green,who averages 53 in the Shield with a strike rate of 54. Labuschagne could move up to open with Smith at No.3.
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Pushed out of the Test side by Mitch Marsh during this year’s Ashes,Green averages 34 in Test cricket with a strike rate of 47.
But at age 24 and almost a decade younger than much of the team,Green is considered a big part of Australian cricket’s future.
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