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 , Drinks on the first morning at Lord's as Lungi Ngidi and Wiaan Mulder settle into their first spells. At 29 for 2, it's been South Africa's hour. One of those wickets was Usman Khawaja ... here's Andrew McGlashan's take on Australia's senior opener... Much of the focus leading into this Test was on who would partner Usman Khawaja, but the first morning at Lord’s has posed some familiar questions for Khawaja himself. He fell for a 20-ball, edging Kagiso Rabada from around the wicket. It’s an angle of attack that has troubled him significantly: since the start of 2024 he is averaging 18.63 and been dismissed 11 times by quicks coming around to him, compared to 43.80 for five dismissals against the line over the wicket. He’s faced some very good bowlers in that period, but there’s a clear pattern. It was only two Tests ago that he scored a career-best 232 in Sri Lanka, but those came in conditions that didn’t challenge him the same way. He still needs to do s...