Sydney, Jan. 1 -- Veteran Australian opener Usman Khawaja is set to break his silence over his Test future ahead of the fifth and final Ashes Test against England in Sydney, according to The Australian. Khwaja is expected to hold a news conference ahead of the Sydney Test to make his plans clear.

The 39-year-old Khawaja has been having a dismal run in Test cricket over the last two years. The left-handed batter has averaged 25.93 and 36.11 in the past two years. In 2025, the Australian opener scored 614 runs in 18 innings, including one fifty and one hundred.

Khawaja scored his only century against Sri Lanka during Australia's January-February 2025 tour, making a huge 232 in the first innings of the opening Test.

In the ongoing Ashes s...