Khawaja hits out at Aussie Test selectors

The poster boy for Australia's batting problems in Asia has criticised the nation's Test selectors for their constant chopping and changing.

Usman Khawaja was left out of Australia's XIs for the four-Test tour of India -- won 2-1 by the hosts -- earlier this year before he was recalled for the first match in Bangladesh in August.

But he was a victim of the team's heavy loss in Dhaka, dropped for the second match as Australia went on to win and level the series.

The Queensland skipper is odds-on to regain the No.3 position for the first Ashes Test in Brisbane, something he will welcome despite hitting out at the selectors' quick trigger.

"They never used to do it before, I'm not really sure why they do it now," Khawaja said on ABC radio.

"It creates a lot of instability in the team I reckon, going in and out for everyone.

"You hear things like 'the players are playing afraid' or whatnot, but that's what happens when you drop players all the time. We've been doing that a fair bit lately.

"I know as captain of Queensland, I try and avoid that as much as possible. Players I pick in the first game, I try to stick with them as long as possible, because they'll always be the best players on the park.

"For some reason it seems like lately in Australia, the best players always seem to be the next guy in, which I don't totally agree with."

Khawaja was set to get crucial time in the middle while leading Australia A on a tour of South Africa in the winter, only for it to be cancelled as the pay dispute escalated.

He has been in fine touch in Queensland's one-day cup campaign this week, scoring 85, 81 and 138 in the last three matches.

The 30-year-old has an enviable home record, averaging 63.73 in Tests in Australia, and he performed well alongside new boys Matt Renshaw and Peter Handscomb last summer.

With this year's Ashes set to be a battle between two relatively young batting line-ups, Khawaja did go on to praise the selectors for blooding the duo in advance.

"They did that to develop them over time, not to throw them in the deep end of the Ashes, and those two have played really well," Khawaja said.

"I think they've been planning for this for a while. There's a fair bit of stability there."

Khawaja has played just four Ashes Tests in his career -- Sydney 2011 on debut and three matches of the 2013 tour of England.

But he should add five more to that tally, and he's already looking forward to the prospect of a series victory.

"I'd love to win an Ashes series," he said.

"It's something I haven't been able to do yet."