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Australia identify full-strength squads for Sri Lanka tour

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Australia will likely be at near full power for all three legs of its Sri Lankan tour as 34 gamers have been named Friday for the all-format matches in June and July.

Marcus Harris was the most important shock after not being named within the 16-man take a look at squad which is able to play two matches in Galle to finish the seven-week tour. The tour begins with three Twenty20 matches adopted by 5 one-day internationals.

Star gamers Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade and Glenn Maxwell have all returned to the limited-overs squads having missed the current white-ball video games in Pakistan.

It will likely be new head coach Andrew McDonald’s first tour with the crew.

Test captain Pat Cummins will sit out the T20 matches whereas first-choice spinner Adam Zampa will miss the complete tour because of the impending start of his first baby.

✈️🇱🇰 The touring celebration for our nationwide males’s crew journey to Sri Lanka has been finalised! pic.twitter.com/42AyBy9t8j

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) April 29, 2022

Fringe gamers might nonetheless push their instances for inclusion within the take a look at collection within the two four-day video games for Australia A in Hambantota.

“It’s incredibly exciting to have an Australia A component which offers the further flexibility and opportunity for players to be available for and cross over into all squads,” mentioned choice chief George Bailey. “That could be from a test or white-ball preparation perspective or an opportunity to impress at an international level.”

Australia squads:

Test: Pat Cummins (captain), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.

ODI: Aaron Finch (captain), Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.

Twenty20: Aaron Finch (captain), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade, David Warner

Australia tour of Sri Lanka: Full Schedule

June 7: 1st T20, Colombo

June 8: 2nd T20, Colombo

June 11: third T20, Kandy.

June 14: 1st ODI, Kandy

June 16: 2nd ODI, Kandy

June 19: third ODI, Colombo

June 21: 4th ODI, Colombo

June 24: fifth ODI, Colombo

June 29-July 3: 1st take a look at, Galle

July 8-12: 2nd take a look at, Galle