Sydney, June 20 -- Sam Konstas and Josh Inglis will both play in the first Test against West Indies with injured batter Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to miss the series opener in Barbados.
Australia have made the unusual call to announce the pair's return to the XI almost a week out from Wednesday's first Test to give them time to prepare.
Labuschagne's omission comes after he opened in the World Test Championship final loss to South Africa to accommodate Cameron Green's return to the side at No.3, with the Queenslander managing scores of 17 and 22 before falling caught behind to Marco Jansen in both innings.
The 30-year-old's numbers have tapered off since holding the ICC's No.1 Test batter ranking for the first six months of 2023,...