Australia, SA name full-strength squads for WTC final

Skipper Pat Cummins, experienced quick Josh Hazlewood and all-rounder Cameron Green are among the inclusions as defending champions Australia announced a full-strength squad for the ICC World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord's, starting 11 June.

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Cummins and Hazlewood missed Australia's most recent Test series in Sri Lanka due to injury, while Green is in line to make his first Test appearance in more than 12 months after recovering from back surgery. Australia's squad is full of experience and at full strength for the WTC final, with Cummins joined by fellow quicks Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Hazlewood in a 15-player squad that also has two spinning options in Nathan Lyon and Matt Kuhnemann.

After an impressive outing against India in the Border-Gavaskar series, teenager Sam Konstas also found a place in the squad, with Green and fellow all-rounder Beau Webster battling it out with key batters Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head and Josh Inglis for a spot in the XI.