Australia announce squad for Sri Lankan tour, Pat Cummins excluded from the T20 squad

 Australia announce squad for Sri Lankan tour, Pat Cummins excluded from the T20 squad

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Australia will be touring Sri Lanka in the month of June-July of 2022. They will be playing three T20Is, five ODIs and two test matches on the tour. Cricket Australia has announced the teams for all the formats concerning the tour. Expect a few absentees the teams that will be sent to the island nation are of full strength.

In their last limited-overs assignment against Pakistan, a few of the big names were missing owing to the Indian T20 League 2022. But most of the main players are seemingly coming back to the team for the Sri Lankan tour. However, a major missing in the T20 squad is the name of their premium pace bowler and test captain Pat Cummins. The Australian cricketing authority is looking to rest Cummins and hence his exclusion.

Major absentees in the test team are opener Marcus Harris and the fast bowler Mark Steketee. The duo will be a part of the Australia A squad that will be touring Sri Lanka at the same time.

The major names coming back into limited-overs setup are Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, David Warner, Steve Smith and Matthew Wade. With the big names coming back into the team Australia will be heading into the series as the favorites. Notably, Ben McDermott who scored a century in the ODI series at Pakistan has been excluded from the squad. The leg-spinner Adam Zampa will be missing the tour as he is expecting his first child.

Here is a look at the Australian squads for the tour.

Australia T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), 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 ODI squad: Aaron Finch (c), 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

Australia Test squad: Pat Cummins (c), 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

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