Marsh, Pattinson, O'Keefe Call-up for Adelaide Test

Perth: Steve O'Keefe was a surprise inclusion Wednesday in Australia's squad for the historic day-night Test next week against New Zealand, while Shaun Marsh and James Pattinson earned recalls.

Left-armer O'Keefe, who made his Test debut against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates last year and has remained on the selection panel's radar since, was added as an extra spin-bowling option ahead of Ashton Agar and Glenn Maxwell.

Marsh is set to play at Adelaide Oval in place of injured batsman Usman Khawaja, with Pattinson the frontrunner to take retired paceman Mitchell Johnson's place for the third Test starting on November 27, where an experimental pink ball will be used.

There were no other changes to the squad that drew with New Zealand in Perth, with 12th man Peter Siddle retained.

Pattinson, who has struggled with injuries, is expected to play his first Test since March 2014 after Johnson Tuesday announced his immediate retirement from all forms of international cricket, saying he had lost his hunger.

Marsh, meanwhile, has been given another chance to extend his stop-start Test career and play alongside brother Mitch after Khawaja strained his left hamstring in the field during the second Test.

Khawaja, who scored centuries in each of the first two Tests against New Zealand and was hoping to cement his place at number three, is expected to be sidelined until the second Test against the West Indies in Melbourne starting on December 26.

Australia squad: David Warner, Joe Burns, Steve Smith (capt), Shaun Marsh, Adam Voges, Mitch Marsh, Peter Nevill (wk), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon, Steve O'Keefe, Peter Siddle.

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