Melbourne - Veteran fast bowler Peter Siddle has been dropped from Cricket Australia's list of contracted players on the same day he was recalled to the Australia test squad for tours of the West Indies and England.
Australian selectors named a list of 19 players worthy of receiving contract payments for the 2015-16 season on Tuesday, with Siddle being replaced by fellow quicks Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood.
Also offered a contract was all-rounder Mitch Marsh, who effectively replaces Phillip Hughes, who died in November after being struck in the head by a ball during a match.