Hussey was convinced that Australia's selectors should pick a specialist opener for the first Test against West Indies in January, following Warner's retirement at the end of the Pakistan series.
Melbourne's hometown star Scott Boland remains on the sidelines as Australia on Monday named an unchanged playing XI for the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan.
"Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has with immediate effect suspended two Zimbabwe international players from all cricket activities, pending a hearing, for allegedly breaching anti-doping rules," a statement from ZC read.
In the aftermath of Zimbabwe's failure to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2024 through the Africa Region Qualifier, Zimbabwe Cricket formed a three-member committee chaired by Lloyd Mhishi, to probe into the causes of the World Cup qualification failure. Zimbabwe had lost to Uganda and Namibia