Melbourne, June 16 -- Pacer Sean Abbott has been called up to Australia's squad for their Test series against the West Indies, kickstarting on June 25 in Barbados as part of the new World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle.

The 33-year-old quick is a replacement for Brendan Doggett, who is ruled out due to a minor hip injury. Doggett was a travelling reserve for the World Test Championship Final, and will now return back home, as per the ICC.

Having played 28 ODIs and 20 T20Is for Australia and taken a total of 59 scalps, Abbott has yet to make his Test debut, though he was part of the red-ball group that toured Sri Lanka earlier this year and on home soil during the Border-Gavaskar Test series.

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