Ashton Agar will head home to play domestic cricket for Western Australia
Ashton Agar is heading home from the tour of India to play domestic cricket for Western Australia. No additions are being made to Australia’s Test squad ahead of the third Border-Gavaskar Test in Indore, starting March 1.
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Josh Hazlewood and David Warner have already gone back home with injuries
Australia is 2-0 down in the series, and Josh Hazlewood and David Warner have already gone back home with injuries. Unlike them, Agar will leave fully fit and available to play in WA’s next Sheffield Shield game on March 2 and the 50-over Marsh Cup final that WA will host on March 8.
Mitchell Swepson will fly back to India having gone home
Mitchell Swepson will fly back to India having gone home prior to the Delhi Test for the birth of his first child. Pat Cummins is also booked to return to India ahead of the third Test. Having flown home for family reasons following the Delhi Test. But his situation remains fluid.
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Australia has not added another batter to the squad to replace Warner. As Cameron Green is set to be fit for the third Test.
Agar arrived in India with the Test squad as an incumbent in Australia’s XI having played as the second spinner alongside Nathan Lyon in their last home Test of the summer against South Africa in Sydney.
He was not selected for the first test in Nagpur
But he was not selected for the first test in Nagpur with offspinner Todd Murphy selected ahead of him to make his Test debut and partner Lyon alongside two fast bowlers. Then in the second Test in Delhi, Australia opted for three spinners but Agar was once again left out, with fellow left-arm orthodox Matthew Kuhnemann making his Test debut despite having not been part of the original squad and having only flown to India five days prior to the start of the Test match.