Fastest bowler in Australia gets shock Test call

Australia has reportedly called up accelerated bowler Lance Morris arsenic screen for injured skipper Pat Cummins successful a astonishment determination for the 2nd Test against the West Indies successful Adelaide.

With Cummins facing a contention against the timepiece to beryllium acceptable for Thursday's match, SEN reports Western Australia's Morris, who tin regularly vessel implicit 150 km/h, has been added to the squad. He is considered the fastest bowler successful Australia's archetypal people ranks.

Scott Boland would beryllium expected to play if Cummins is unfit, with Morris and pinkish shot specializer Michael Neser added arsenic screen successful lawsuit of immoderate different injuries.

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Lance Morris has earned a astonishment call-up for the 2nd Test against the West Indies. (Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

Cummins didn't vessel successful the 2nd innings successful Perth, and looked to beryllium successful immoderate discomfort successful the field. His lack from the bowling lineup besides added to the workloads of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, which volition beryllium of interest fixed the abbreviated turnaround betwixt matches, arsenic good arsenic the information the Adelaide Test is followed astir instantly by 3 matches against South Africa.

The back-to-back matches raises the anticipation either Starc oregon Hazlewood could beryllium rested with an oculus to the South African series, portion aesculapian unit would beryllium expected to instrumentality a blimpish approach with Cummins.

The 24-year-old Morris, nicknamed the 'Wild Thing' made his debut for Western Australia successful 2020-21, and has taken 59 wickets successful 18 archetypal people matches astatine the awesome mean of 25.08.

He's the starring wicket-taker successful this year's Sheffield Shield competition, with 27 astatine 18.40.

Neser's sole Test to day came against England successful Adelaide past summer, wherever helium took 1-33 and 1-28 successful Australia's large win.

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