The National Selection Panel (NSP) has named a 15-player squad for the final of the ICC Men’s Test World Championship against South Africa at Lord’s in London next month.
source: Cricket Australia – CA Multicultural Media (eLanka)
Australia:
- Pat Cummins (NSW/Penrith Cricket Club) (c)
- Scott Boland (VIC/Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club)
- Alex Carey (SA/Glenelg Cricket Club)
- Cameron Green (WA/Subiaco-Floreat Cricket Club)
- Josh Hazlewood (NSW/St George Cricket Club)
- Travis Head (SA/Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club)
- Josh Inglis (WA/Joondalup Cricket Club)
- Usman Khawaja (QLD/Valley District Cricket Club)
- Sam Konstas (NSW/Sutherland District Cricket Club)
- Matt Kuhnemann (TAS/Clarence Cricket Club)
- Marnus Labuschagne (QLD/Redlands Cricket Club)
- Nathan Lyon (NSW/Northern District Cricket Club)
- Steve Smith (NSW/Sutherland Cricket Club)
- Mitchell Starc (NSW/Manly Warringah Cricket Club)
- Beau Webster (TAS/Kingborough Cricket Club)
- Travelling reserve: Brendan Doggett (SA/Glenelg Cricket Club)
Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Cameron Green return from injury.
Chair of Selectors George Bailey: “We are fortunate and looking forward to having Pat (Cummins), Josh (Hazlewood) and Cam (Green) back in the squad.
“The team finished the WTC cycle with an impressive series victory in Sri Lanka following an equally strong summer in defeating India for the first time in a decade.
“Those series capped a consistent performance across the two-year cycle and now presents us with the incredibly exciting opportunity to defend the World Test Championship.
“It means a lot to the group to reach the final and they are very much looking forward to the challenge South Africa will present at Lord’s.”
The squad will remain the same for the Qantas Test tour of the West Indies following the WTC final.
The ICC Men’s World Test Championship final is live in Australia on Prime Video.
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