He's in rubbish form and at the end of the day it's up to him to turn that around, think he needs a break and recharge at this point followed by a hopefully productive season at Derbyshire.
I think he was pretty poorly handled in his time in the Australian team really, never allowed to settle in a role, and I suspect this is playing on him at present. Put in as Punter's replacement at three, next tour match comes down to him vs Marsh and he knocks a century which gets him a spot in the Aust side, at number six (with a view of a long term apprentichsip down there I guess). Doesnt make runs first test (not alone there), Punter goes home for birth of child. Marsh gets the spot at three and Ussie left at 6, Marsh makes ton and Ussie is on 15* or so when Australia declares, gets dropped next test.
Then its Marsh's back stuffing up, Khawaja back in the side at three, makes 65 in the second innings, top score in a record chase on that ground. First test in Brisbane he bats really well first innings, showing good temprement, hitting whats there but leaving what he doesnt have to play, before getting run out just after tea for 38. Down in Hobart he fails in a match where only Warner and Siddle made runs, yet still scored more than Punter or Huss in the second innings disaster, then dropped once more, amongst whispers of poor fielding (same excuse for Jaques getting dropped).
Pisses me off a bit because he just wasnt allowed to settle in the side at all, he just needed to break through for that big score which who knows, maybe Brisbane was that match. What it also said was the complete lack of acountability for some of the shit dished up by the senior guys across that SA/NZ series, where they preferred to sacrafice the young players to protect the older brigade.
And yeah, Punter and Huss went and cashed in against India, but whose to say what Khawaja would've done if he's not given that chance of an extended run. He couldnt have been worse than Marsh anyway.
Big fan of Khawaja and really hope he can turn it around and grab a spot.