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As I'm sure very few of us were aware Australia will be back in action for a ODI round robin tournament against South Africa and Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe beginning on August 25. The squad has just been released:
Australia Squad: Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (capt), George Bailey, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Marsh, James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnson, Ben Cutting, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Nathan Lyon
It's more interesting in my mind as an insight as to how the new selection panel will be thinking. It seems Phillip Hughes isn't highly rated (if you aren't getting picked with no David Warner and on the back of a one day double hundred than when are you?) but I do like having Lyon in the squad as a limited overs bowler. Cutting and Richardson are in the squad based on Aus A form but McKay is ditched after being the best one day bowler of the last 3 years? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
It's not a terrible squad by any means but Cutting is a guy I can't see ever averaging sub 30 in the international game and we could do with an extra batsman in there. Thoughts?
Australia Squad: Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (capt), George Bailey, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Marsh, James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnson, Ben Cutting, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Nathan Lyon
It's more interesting in my mind as an insight as to how the new selection panel will be thinking. It seems Phillip Hughes isn't highly rated (if you aren't getting picked with no David Warner and on the back of a one day double hundred than when are you?) but I do like having Lyon in the squad as a limited overs bowler. Cutting and Richardson are in the squad based on Aus A form but McKay is ditched after being the best one day bowler of the last 3 years? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
It's not a terrible squad by any means but Cutting is a guy I can't see ever averaging sub 30 in the international game and we could do with an extra batsman in there. Thoughts?
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