Adelaide, Dec. 11 -- Former Australia captain Michael Clarke remained unconvinced of Usman Khawaja's return to the Australian playing 11 against England for the third Test in Adelaide starting from December 17, yet acknowledged that selectors will likely pick him for the fixture.

Clarke's comments suggest that Khawaja's experience makes him a likely inclusion, but Clarke isn't convinced it's the right move.

This comes after Khawaja was ruled out of the Gabba Test after failing to recover from the back spasms he suffered in Perth, where he was forced down to No. 4 in the first innings and was then unable to bat in the second after a recurrence of the injury.

Travis Head replaced Khawaja as opener in Perth and delivered a match-winning c...