Melbourne, April 15 -- : Australia's national selection panel chairman Trevor Hohns on Monday said that both fast-bowlers Josh Hazelwood and Kane Richardson will be the team's "standby bowlers" after they were not named in the final squad of fifteen for the World Cup.

"Josh was certainly an interesting one for us - of course his complete lack of match play over a period of time now obviously weighed against him ... he's yet to prove he's fully fit," cricket.com.au quoted Hohns as saying.

"However in saying that, he still remains an option for us for the World Cup if a replacement were to be required for one of our other fast bowlers. He along with of course Kane Richardson are the standby fast bowlers and we'd have to make a choice at tha...