All-rounder Moises Henriques earned a surprise recall Tuesday to Australia's Test squad for Sri Lanka after James Pattinson was ruled out injured, with Stephen O'Keefe included as a second spinner.
Australia are embarking on their first Test tour of Sri Lanka in five years, as part of a two-month series that also involves five One Day Internationals and two Twenty20s.
Henriques was an unexpected choice, returning for the first time since 2013 with pacemen Pattinson and Peter Siddle both ruled out with back injuries.
Nathan Coulter-Nile was also included in the 15-man squad for the July-August Test series, along with O'Keefe who was picked for last summer's final Test against the West Indies but overlooked for their two-match tour to New Zealand on green, seaming pitches.
Pace spearhead Mitchell Starc returns to Test cricket after a six-month injury absence.
The top-ranked Australia play Tests in Kandy, Galle and Colombo from July 26 with Nathan Lyon and Usman Khawaja the only players to have previously experienced the five-day game in Sri Lanka, when Michael Clarke's team won their last series 1-0 in 2011.
Australia: Steve Smith (Capt), David Warner, Jackson Bird, Joe Burns, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Peter Nevill, Stephen O'Keefe, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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