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Cartwright bolts into Boxing Day Test squad
- Updated: December 20, 2016
Australia’s selectors have pushed further towards youth, ignoring Mitchell Marsh in order to draft in his West Australian team-mate Hilton Cartwright into the Boxing Day Test squad as all-round cover for a bowling attack heavily fatigued by their Gabba exertions.
Cartwright, who had already been included in the Chappell-Hadlee ODI squad to face New Zealand but not played, is a player whose virtues have been pushed by the interim selector Greg Chappell in particular, as part of the developmental Cricket Australia XI that first played in the Matador Cup two summers ago.
Last season he graduated …