Australian selector Tony Dodemaide has said he will take a call on whether in-form batsman Usman Khawaja will play in the fifth and final Ashes Test or not only after seeing how “people pull up physically and medically” in the wake of the COVID-19 surge in the country.

The Australian cricket team too have been impacted by the virus with star batsman Travis Head testing positive for COVID-19 following the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne and captain Pat Cummins missing the second Test at Adelaide after coming in contact with a COVID-positive person.