Four new players were awarded contracts and test opener Chris Rogers has been dropped from Cricket Australia's list of contracted players for next season. David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Doug Bollinger and Beau Casson were included on the 25-man list for the first time, while Simon Katich and Ashley Noffke were offered new contracts after failing to make the cut last season.
Test opener Phillip Hughes was among seven new players awarded contracts with Cricket Australia for the 2009-10 season.
Australia won the third and final Test against West Indies on Monday to complete a 2-0 series victory after a battling fourth-innings display from the hosts.
Australia were struggling at 226 for seven after a rain-shortened first day of the third Test against West Indies on Thursday.
Australia's search for a successor to Shane Warne is yet to bear fruit nearly a decade after he retired, so Adam Zampa is naturally wary about comparisons with the leg-spinning great.
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