Australia name T20I squad without a captain for Pakistan series

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Australia person named their squad for the upcoming three-match T20I bid against Pakistan successful November without a captain. A clump of regular players, including skipper Mitchell Marsh, volition skip the necktie to hole for the forthcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India.

When the squad for the matches successful Brisbane, Sydney, and Hobart was announced connected Monday, nary of Australia’s trial regulars were included. Josh Inglis, Adam Zampa and Matt Short are successful the moving for the enactment spot, according to cricket.com.au.

The all-format elder stars will, however, diagnostic successful the ODI limb of the series, starting November 4 nether Pat Cummins’ leadership.

Cricket Australia, however, said immoderate of the selected players could articulation the Test squad for the five-match bid opener against India successful Perth aft the last T20 astatine Bellerive Oval connected November 18.

That would beryllium invited quality for the likes of Inglis and Glenn Maxwell, who mightiness inactive person immoderate hopes of a Test call-up to capable the vacant batting spot near unfastened by the season-ending wounded to all-rounder Cameron Green.

Seamers Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis and Spencer Johnson each instrumentality to the squad aft injuries sustained earlier oregon during the white-ball circuit of England and Scotland successful September.

“It is peculiarly encouraging to person Xavier, Spencer and Nathan backmost successful the nationalist setup,” said caput selector George Bailey.

“It’s different accidental for them to proceed to amusement their quality connected the planetary stage, arsenic they person done successful the past.”

Pakistan named their squads connected Sunday, with elder stars Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi slated for a return. Wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan was named arsenic Pakistan’s caller limited-overs captain.

Australia T20I squad: Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.

Australia ODI squad: Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Cooper Connolly, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.

Pakistan ODI squad: Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi

Pakistan T20I Squad: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Usman Khan

– With Reuters inputs

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