Perth: Australian batsman Usman Khawaja said Sunday he will resist the temptation to rush his return from a hamstring injury. Cricket Australia suggested Khawaja's earliest return would be in the second Test against the West Indies in Melbourne starting on December 26, although Khawaja said he was pleased with the results of his scan and still hoped to be available for the first Test of that series, starting on December 10 in Hobart.


Usman Khawaja. Pic/AFP

But he said he would assess his recovery and not return too soon. The left-hander strained his left hamstring in the field during the second Test against New Zealand and admitted it was a tough blow, having been plagued by hamstring and knee problems in recent years. "I was pretty shattered yesterday," Khawaja said. "It is never nice getting injured, it always sucks. "The physios and doctors are pretty adamant I take my time so that when I do come back I'm 100 percent.