Australia Confirm XI For First Test Against Bangladesh

Two players recalled.


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The playing XI for the first Test against Bangladesh on Sunday has been revealed, with Usman Khawaja and Ashton Agar called into the side.

Khawaja will play his first game of cricket in seven months, after not featuring in the Test series in India.

He will bump skipper Steve Smith down to number four in the line-up.

Agar has also been drafted in to fill the role of second spinner, behind Nathan Lyon.

Hilton Cartwright, Jackson Bird and Mitch Swepson have been left out.

Australia's XI:

David Warner, Matthew Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

Ethan Meldrum

26 August 2017

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