Swepson called into Australia squad for Bangladesh tour

Queensland leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson has been added to Australia's test squad for their tour of Bangladesh as a replacement for injured fast bowler Mitchell Starc. It is the second overseas tour for the uncapped 23-year-old, who was selected for the tour of India earlier this year but did not play. "We are comfortable with the fast-bowling stocks we have in the squad so have opted to add an additional spinner given the conditions we are likely to face in Bangladesh," selector Trevor Hohns said in a statement on Saturday.

JUST IN: Australia have added an extra player to their Test squad to tour Bangladesh: https://t.co/g5XcnpI2o1 pic.twitter.com/oSSTKAXmfc

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) August 4, 2017

"Mitchell is a very exciting young leg-spinner who we think will benefit immensely from further experience in the sub-continent." Starc suffered a stress fracture in his foot on the tour of India and was sent home. He returned for the one-day Champions Trophy tournament in England in June but later felt the foot had not healed properly.

Queensland legspinner Mitchell Swepson has been named as a late addition to Australia's Test squad for Bangladeshhttps://t.co/QkDmjNTfwg

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) August 5, 2017

The original squad for the two-test tour was named in June and selectors had expected to use Australia's 'A' tour of South Africa last month to decide on a possible fast bowling replacement for Starc if he was ruled out.

James Pattinson has been ruled out of Bangladesh tour due to back inflammation. Full squad details - https://t.co/0ovW3iTvH7

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) August 5, 2017

That tour, however, was cancelled due to a long-running pay dispute between Cricket Australia and the players which was only settled this week. Swepson is the third frontline spinner in the side, with off-spinner Nathan Lyons and left-arm orthodox spinner Ashton Agar also in the squad. The first test is in Dhaka from Aug. 27-31 and the second in Chittagong from Sept. 4-8.

Australia have made a late addition to their Test squad to tour Bangladesh. Full squad, fixtures here: https://t.co/g5XcnpI2o1 pic.twitter.com/XQMpu1lDxV

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) August 4, 2017

Australia test squad: Steve Smith (captain), David Warner, Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, James Pattinson, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade.