Khawaja to arrive at Glamorgan early as cover for Marsh

Glamorgan were left with a hole in their line-up for upcoming County Championship matches, starting with the trip to Warwickshire on Saturday, but they have been allowed to bring in Usman Khawaja to fill the gap

Glamorgan have received permission to draft in Usman Khawaja early as cover for Shaun Marsh.

Marsh will be unavailable to his county over the coming weeks, having been called into Australia's limited-overs squad for the five-match tour of England.

Glamorgan were left with a hole in their line-up for upcoming County Championship matches, starting with the trip to Warwickshire on Saturday, but they have been allowed to bring in Khawaja to fill the gap.

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The Aussie batsman had already signed on for the Vitality Blast campaign but will now arrive this week.

“We have been in negotiation with Cricket Australia and Usman ever since Shaun was called up to the Australian one-day team and we are delighted he will be joining us early as cover," director of cricket Hugh Morris said.

“Usman is a very talented cricketer, who has a fantastic Test record and I’m sure he will do a great job coming in for Shaun and be a positive influence on our young squad.”

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