Hilton Cartwright, the Zimbabwe-born 24-year-old who plays for Western Australia, was added as an all-round option to the 12-member group that prevailed by 39 runs in the First Test at Gabba.

Cartwright was also included in the Chappell-Hadlee ODI squad to face New Zealand but he did not play a single game.

Trevor Hohns, the interim chairman of selectors said,

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We wanted to give ourselves the option of including an allrounder in Melbourne to ease that workload somewhat. To do that, we wanted a batting allrounder, someone to bowl seam-up and capable of batting in the top six as well, and after considering several names we came to the conclusion that Hilton fits that bill.

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Australia squad:

Matt Renshaw, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (capt), Peter Handscomb, Nic Maddinson, Hilton Cartwright, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Jackson Bird, Chadd Sayers.

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