The Zimbabwean-born 24-year-old all-rounder has been brought into the Aussie squad for the second Test against Pakistan and will face-off against Nic Maddinson for the Australian No.6 spot.

He’s averaged 44.50 from 16 first-class matches for Western Australia and takes about a wicket per match.

“The bowlers got through a high workload in Brisbane and although everyone has pulled up okay, on reflection we wanted to give ourselves the option of including an all-rounder in Melbourne to ease that workload somewhat,” National selector Trevor Hohns told Fox Sports.

“To do that we wanted a batting all-rounder, someone to bowl seam up and capable of batting in the top six as well, and after considering several names we came to the conclusion that Hilton fits that bill.

“We have seen plenty of him, he has performed well this season and we believe that if called upon he will do an excellent job.”