After securing a dominating win in the first Test match of the Ashes against England, Australia will now gear up to lock horns in the second clash. The match is scheduled to be played from December 4 at the Gabba in Brisbane (Pic: File Pic)
Ahead of the match, Australia's veteran opening batsman, Usman Khawaja, is shy of just four runs from achieving the feat of completing 500 runs in Ashes history (Pic: File Pic)
So far, the left-hander has featured in five Ashes Test matches and has scored 496 runs. His top score in the rivalry has been 141 runs. He also has a century and three half-centuries to his name in the history of the contest (Pic: X/@ICC)
So far, Khawaja has made 85 Test appearances for Australia and has accumulated 6055 runs. The 38-year-old batsman also has 16 centuries and 27 half-centuries in the format (Pic: X/@ICC)
Currently, the Aussies are leading the ongoing Ashes series by 1-0 against the "Three Lions" (Pic: X/@ICC)

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