SYDNEY: Selectors called batsman Shaun Marsh into Australia’s Test squad yesterday as cover for recovering captain Michael Clarke ahead of next week’s opening Test with India.
Marsh, 31, will join the 12-man squad in Adelaide, where the rescheduled four-Test series begins against India on Tuesday.
Clarke and his grief-stricken teammates attended Phillip Hughes’ funeral on Wednesday and were to assemble in Adelaide late yesterday and today for next week’s series opener.
It is yet not clear if any of the Australian squad will withdraw from the Test, with emotions still raw following Hughes’ freak death last week.
Hughes, who had played 26 Tests and was on the cusp of a recall, died from bleeding on the brain after being hit on the base of the skull by a rising ball at the Sydney Cricket Ground during a domestic match on Nov 25.
Cricket Australia has reassured those selected that they can withdraw from the Test if they are having problems emotionally. AFP