SYDNEY: Spin-bowling all-rounder Ashton Agar and opener Matthew Renshaw were called up to the Australia squad Friday for the third Test against South Africa with Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc ruled out injured.
Pace spearhead Josh Hazlewood, meanwhile, has recovered from a side strain that kept him out of the last two Tests and is expected to play in Sydney next week.
Australia has already won the three-Test series after a six-wicket victory at Brisbane and by an innings and 182 runs in Melbourne.
Green, who didn’t bowl in South Africa’s second innings in Melbourne, has a fractured right index finger.
Starc bowled 18 overs with a bruised and bloodied finger that officials have now revealed was also fractured.
Both players will be sidelined for weeks and are racing against the clock to be ready for Australia’s blockbuster Test tour of India in February.
Australia squad: Pat Cummins (capt), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Lance Morris, Nathan Lyon, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith, David Warner
