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Ashes 2017: Australia's Mitchell Marsh may replace Peter Handscomb in 3rd test against England

Ashes 2017: Australia's Mitchell Marsh may replace Peter Handscomb in 3rd test against England

Ashes 2017: Australia's Mitchell Marsh may replace Peter Handscomb in 3rd test against England

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Marsh would be included, probably for Peter Handscomb, if the WACA track was not quick enough.

Australian skipper Steve Smith on Wednesday said they might bring in all-rounder Mitchell Marsh for the third Ashes test against England, adding the team will not be named until the toss on Thursday morning.

The hosts, 2-0 up in the five-match series, could reclaim the coveted urn in Perth.

Smith said that Marsh would be included, probably for Peter Handscomb, if the WACA track was not quick enough.

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"We`re going to have another look at the wicket in the morning and decide if we need that extra bowling option. The stats suggest over the last couple of years the bowlers have had a pretty heavy workload on this wicket, so we're probably leaning that way at the moment." Smith told a news conference.

26-year-old Marsh underwent a shoulder surgery earlier this year, returned for Western Australia in October and smashed a total of 680 runs in all forms of cricket at an average of nearly 68.

Meanwhile, Smith hoped that the wicket would be different from the drawn 2015 test against New Zealand when 1,672 runs were scored over five days.