Opener Jake Weatherald is set to join fast bowler Brendan Doggett in debuting for Australia in the Ashes opener in Perth.
While Doggett was a near-certainty to play after Josh Hazlewood was ruled out due to a hamstring injury, Australia were weighing up whether to pick Weatherald or use Marnus Labuschagne at the top.
But the Northern Territory-raised Weatherald will become Khawaja’s sixth opening partner since David Warner r
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