Failure of Phil Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Ed Cowan in Ashes has left door open for other batsmen Could (L-R) Adam Voges or Shaun Marsh earn a Test call-up this summer? Picture: Daniel Wilkins. DAVID Warner may have had an ordinary tour so far but at least he can look forward to playing the first Test in the return Ashes series this November. The same cannot be said for those cast aside for the fifth and final Test at The Oval. Warner may redeem his poor series with a big second innings, as he did with a fine 71 in the last Test that should have set up victory but for another disastrous batting collapse. After being caught behind for six on Wednesday night (AEST) pushing loosely at a delivery from Jimmy Anderson it gave Warner a series average of 25.2, ensuring he joined a plethora of other non-performers in the underachievers club. While Warner is a special talent with a decent overall Test record, Usman Khawaja, Ed Cowan and Phil Hughes should not expect another Test any time soon. Their cards have clearly been marked. For Australia to chose bowling all-rounder James Faulkner ahead of the trio when the team has been crying out for runs suggests the selectors believes the left-handers are not part of the immediate future. That is hard to argue against given their recent records. Players such as Western Australia's Shaun Marsh and Adam Voges will be in the frame for the return Ashes series in Australia if they can produce a decent start to the summer in the Sheffield Shield. As a result this Test has become the "give the young bloke a go" game. Despite the odd look of the side, with Brad Haddin batting at six and Faulkner at seven, it is totally reasonable that a talented young cricketer is given an opportunity when Australia is 3-0 down and the series is long gone. Numerous other players have been given chances and failed to grasp them. Faulkner is the 17th player to be used on this tour, with reserve wicket-keeper Matthew Wade the only member of the squad not to be given a Test. And he was close to playing as a specialist batsman ahead of Faulkner. England has taken the same approach, choosing debutants Simon Kerrigan and Chris Woakes. An all-rounder, Woakes has never looked anything more than a handy one-day player and Shane Watson treated him that way, thumping six fours in the initial five over spell. Watson gave left-arm spinner Kerrigan an even harsher welcome to Test cricket, smashing him for six fours in just two overs. It took Watson past 50 for just the second time in the series and beyond 70 for the first time in nine Tests as he was shuffled back up the order to number three, where he looked entirely comfortable. While Woakes and Kerrigan struggled in their initial spells England was quite right to pick the 24-year-olds. Already 3-0 up and with seamer Tim Bresnan injured, England should be looking to the future. Australia's future appears to involve the past, as Chris Rogers and Ryan Harris have proved on this tour. That may continue this summer, with Marsh 30 and Voges 33. The twenty somethings on this tour have simply not done enough, and as a result the Ashes remain with England.