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Australia rests pace trio for England white-ball tour
Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc sit out the ODI and T20 series starting in November to prepare for a gruelling Test schedule.
In brief
Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc sit out the ODI and T20 series starting in November to prepare for a gruelling Test schedule. Australia has rested its star pace trio from the England white-ball series to preserve them for a heavy Test schedule including series against New Zealand, India and the Ashes…
Australia omits pace trio from England tour
Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc will not play in the upcoming white-ball series against England.
Different rest for different formats
Cummins and Hazlewood are left out of both the three-match ODI series starting in Perth on thirteen November and the five-match T20 series beginning on twenty-one November. Starc, thirty-six, has already retired from T20 cricket.
Mitchell Marsh takes over as captain
Although Cummins formally remains the ODI captain, he has only played one fifty-over fixture since November two thousand twenty-four. Mitchell Marsh, his frequent deputy and T20 skipper, will step in again for the longer format.
Young players get their chance
Fast bowler Mahli Beardman, twenty-one, has been named in both squads and could make his international debut in ODIs. Uncapped wicketkeepers Sam Harper and Lachlan Shaw have been included for the T20s.
Experienced players split between formats
Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis and Matt Renshaw, who played in the South Africa series, are included for the ODIs but do not feature in the T20 squad.
Gruelling Test schedule ahead
Following the final England T20 on two December, Australia faces a heavy pre-Ashes Test schedule.
Pace trio light on recent ODI cricket
Cummins, Hazlewood and Starc all featured in the two thousand twenty-three ODI World Cup final win in November two thousand twenty-three.
The short version
Australia has rested its star pace trio from the England white-ball series to preserve them for a heavy Test schedule including series against New Zealand, India and the Ashes.
