Australia will play two debutants and have recalled Joe Burns for the first Domain Test against Sri Lanka, beginning Thursday at the Gabba.
Appearing for the first time in Baggy Green will be Western Australian quick Jhye Richardson and New South Wales batsman Kurtis Patterson, who were both late call-ups to this Australia squad; the former following a back problem for Josh Hazlewood and the latter after making twin hundreds in an unofficial warm-up match against Sri Lanka in Hobart last week.
The team for the day-night Test was confirmed this afternoon, with seamer Peter Siddle named 12th man and 20-year-old Victoria batter Will Pucovski overlooked along with Queensland opener Matthew Renshaw.
Richardson and Patterson bring the total to seven debutants in what will be eight Tests since the sandpaper scandal in South Africa last March, a statistic that underlines the uncertainty around the make-up of Australia's side and reflects a return of just one win from seven in that period.
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