“I’m delighted Adam will bring his extensive experience to Cricket Australia as National Pace ... left-arm spinner picked in the squad and fractured the thumb of his non-bowling hand playing ...

“I’m delighted Adam will bring his extensive experience to Cricket Australia as National Pace ... left-arm spinner picked in the squad and fractured the thumb of his non-bowling hand playing ...

The young left-handed batter had a breakthrough year ... Azmatullah Omarzai is the third seamer in the side, with the pace bowling unit led by Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf.

Had to adjust as a bowling unit to see if pace on or pace off worked ... Wood stays over the wicket to the left-handed Abhishek and tries to swing one into him but he pushes it out too wide ...

"Left-arm spinners to right-hand batters - it just works in the subcontinent ... Australia, unusually, played only one frontline seam bowler. Mitchell Starc has an outstanding record in Sri ...

He became the first bowler to average under 20 with a minimum of 200 wickets in Test cricket, solidifying ... The 23-year-old left-handed batter continued his fine form with three half-centuries ...

In another selection twist, young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was also left out of the final squad, with 33-year-old mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy being named in his place. "Fast bowler Jasprit ...