Second Test against Pakistan: Hilton Cartwright added in Australian side
The all-rounder scored 330 runs at 36.66 and taken four wickets 74.75 in five Sheffield Shield games for the Warriors this summer.
Australia’s interim Chairman of Selectors Trevor Hohns was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia website: "The bowlers got through a high workload in Brisbane and although everyone has pulled up okay, on reflection we wanted to give ourselves the option of including an all-rounder in Melbourne to ease that workload somewhat."
“To do that we wanted a batting all-rounder, 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," he said.
Australia's Boxing Day squad: David Warner, Matthew Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Nic Maddinson, Hilton Cartwright, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird, Chadd Sayers, Nathan Lyon
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