Opportunity knocks for Australia fringe players

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Australia have named a much-changed Twenty20 squad for next Wednesday’s one-off match against West Indies at the Gabba.

With a quartet of players from the previous T20 party - Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell and Xavier Doherty - heading out to India early in order to prepare for a four-Test series and David Warner unavailable due to his injured thumb, there are five fresh faces.

Brad Haddin and Clint McKay return to the fold, while Ben Rohrer, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Josh Hazlewood - all uncapped at Twenty20 level with the latter having featured in a solitary one-day international - are also included.

National selector John Inverarity said: “With the Test squad being in India this fixture will provide some more players with invaluable international experience.”

Australia squad for T20 against West Indies: George Bailey (captain), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Cutting, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Ben Laughlin, Clint McKay, Shaun Marsh, Ben Rohrer, Adam Voges.

Melbourne Renegades batsman Ben Rohrer was one of the stars of the 2012-13 Big Bash League and is now in line to make his Australia debut