Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nMurphy has previously replaced Lyon during an Ashes series following a soft tissue injury \u2014 in England in 2023, when Lyon tore his calf.<\/p>\n
He is also yet to play a Test on home soil, with seven appearances next to his name and the first coming in India in 2023.<\/p>\n
Cummins, meanwhile, signalled he could be rested to manage an ongoing back issue in his post-match press conference following the Adelaide Test.<\/p>\n
Todd Murphy has been named in the Australian squad.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Michael Neser and Brendan Doggett have both also been named and it remains to be seen who will replace Cummins.<\/p>\n
Richardson has emerged as a surprise contender to fill the slot, having played three Tests, debuting against Sri Lanka in 2019 and taking five wickets in the 2021 Ashes clash at Adelaide Oval.<\/p>\n
But injuries have cruelled his career, most recently a shoulder issue which required surgery back in January. <\/p>\n
He has since been building his fitness with longer bowling stints, including two red-ball games against England Lions.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, there\u2019s been no further clarity regarding whether Usman Khawaja or Josh Inglis will keep their spots in the batting order.<\/p>\n
Smith\u2019s return to the squad, after battling vertigo, means one batter needs to drop out and Khawaja performed strongly after a late re-call.<\/p>\n
Inglis, meanwhile, has only managed 23, 32 and 10 in his three innings this series.<\/p>\n
AUSTRALIAN SQUAD FOR FOURTH ASHES TEST<\/p>\n
Steve Smith (NSW\/Sutherland Cricket Club) (c)<\/p>\n
Scott Boland (VIC\/Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club) <\/p>\n
Alex Carey (SA\/Glenelg Cricket Club) <\/p>\n
Brendan Doggett (SA\/Glenelg Cricket Club)<\/p>\n
Cameron Green (WA\/Subiaco-Floreat Cricket Club)<\/p>\n
Travis Head (SA\/Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club)<\/p>\n
Josh Inglis (WA\/Joondalup Cricket Club)\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Usman Khawaja (QLD\/Valley District Cricket Club) <\/p>\n
Marnus Labuschagne (QLD\/Redlands Cricket Club) <\/p>\n
Todd Murphy (VIC\/St Kilda Cricket Club) <\/p>\n
Michael Neser (QLD\/Gold Coast Cricket Club)<\/p>\n
Jhye Richardson (WA\/Fremantle Cricket Club)<\/p>\n
Mitchell Starc (NSW\/Manly Warringah Cricket Club)<\/p>\n
Jake Weatherald (TAS\/) Kingborough Cricket Club<\/p>\n
Beau Webster (TAS\/Kingborough Cricket Club)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon are out of Australia\u2019s Ashes squad for the Boxing Day Test, with two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-365644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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