12 Aug 2015

Burns, Agar In Australia ODI Squad To Face England

Sydney: Cricket Australia Wednesday named a revived squad for one-day internationals against Britain, with all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, spinner Ashton Agar and batsman Joe Smolders set to make debuts. 

Australia guaranteed their fifth World Glass in the 50-over amusement in Spring yet from that point forward wicketkeeper Brad Haddin and Test skipper Michael Clarke have declared their retirement from the configuration. 

Quick bowlers Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazlewood are likewise being refreshed after Australia's unsuccessful Fiery debris battle against Britain, which took after a Test arrangement in the West Indies. 

"The squad we have chosen has a couple of new faces in it and in addition some accomplished players that will give us the right adjust," said selectors' administrator Pole Swamp. 

Swamp said Blazes, 25, had awed while playing in India for Australia A, where a week ago he impacted 154 from 131 balls against India An in Chennai. 

Blazes demonstrated he was "an extremely fit youthful batsman who has experience opening", said Bog. 

Stoinis, 25, was viewed as a helpful all-rounder to supplant James Faulkner who was not considered for the arrangement in the wake of being indicted savor driving Britain a month ago. 

Left-arm spinner Agar, who scored a vital 98 in his Test introduction against Britain in 2013, likewise hit structure in India in the wake of coming back from shoulder surgery, Swamp said. 

Matthew Wade assumes control over the wicketkeeping position from Haddin and will play his first ODI since November 2014 while Steven Smith, anticipated that would be named as Test commander after Clarke's retirement, is named captain. 

Current T20 commander Aaron Finch was not chose in the wake of breaking his foot while playing for Yorkshire a month ago. 

Leg-spinner Cameron Boyce has been incorporated for choice for the T20 Global diversion. 

The Australian Test group has persevered through an extreme visit in England in this way, losing the Fiery debris arrangement in front of the fifth and last Test which starts at The Oval on August 20. 

Australia will play an erratic ODI against Ireland in Belfast on 27 August and a T20 match against Britain on 31 August in Cardiff. They will then play five ODIs against Britain starting 3 September. 

Australia: Steve Smith (c), Ashton Agar, George Bailey, Joe Blazes, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Patrick Cummins, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Swamp, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), Shane Watson, David Warner, Cameron Boyce (T20 just). (AFP) 

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