Hosts Australia have announced their squad for the Pakistan Test series with a tearaway pacer finding place in the squad for potential debut.
The 14 member squad has been named the first Test in Perth and include pacer Lance Morris who is capable of hitting 150kph.
Morris has taken 74 wickets at an average of 25.44 in first class cricmet and could make his Test debut at Perth Stadium in his home state of Western Australia.
Morris joins a pace battery that include captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Scott Boland. Pace-bowling all-rounders Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh are included and will likely compete for one spot in the XI, while off-spinner Nathan Lyon beat out Todd Murphy for a spot in the squad having recovered from the calf injury that ruled him out of the Ashes series.
On the batting front, Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith were unsurprising inclusions, with David Warner also remaining an integral part of the group, given no back-up batter was named. Those in the running for a place in the squad, namely Cameron Bancroft, Matt Renshaw and Marcus Harris, have been named in the Prime Minister’s XI to play Pakistan in an audition on December 6.
