Sam Konstas’s whirlwind summer time might embody a maiden Australian cap after the teenage batting prodigy was named within the Australia A squad to face India A.
The 19-year-old NSW opener introduced himself as a star of the longer term towards South Australia final week, turning into the youngest man since Ricky Ponting in 1992 to file two centuries in a Sheffield Defend recreation.
On Monday, Konstas was included in a 17-player squad that can host matches towards an Indian XI in Mackay and Melbourne within the background of this summer time’s five-Take a look at collection.
“We’re actually excited by this squad, notably after among the super performances to begin the Sheffield Defend season,” Cricket Australia chief selector George Bailey stated.
Marcus Harris, Cameron Bancroft and Beau Webster will all have the possibility to push their circumstances to interchange the injured Cameron Inexperienced, who will endure again surgical procedure and miss the Take a look at summer time.
Aaron Hardie, another choice to come back in for Inexperienced, has as a substitute been named within the one-day worldwide squad for subsequent month’s three-match house collection towards Pakistan.
However 14-time Take a look at participant Matthew Renshaw was not noted of each squads regardless of shaping as a candidate to open the batting if Australia opted to push Steve Smith down the order/
Pat Cummins assumes the ODI captaincy from Mitch Marsh for the Pakistan collection, which each the burly allrounder and Travis Head will miss via paternity depart.
Allrounder Marcus Stoinis returns to the ODI squad after being not noted of the latest UK tour, whereas explosive batter Jake Fraser-McGurk earns choice regardless of being neglected for recreation time in that five-match collection.
“That is our final ODI collection earlier than the Champions Trophy (in February) and the steadiness of the squad was centered on that in addition to persevering with to deal with preparation of people for the upcoming Take a look at summer time,” Bailey stated.
Australia A squad: Nathan McSweeney (c), Cameron Bancroft, Scott Boland, Jordan Buckingham, Cooper Connolly, Ollie Davies, Marcus Harris, Sam Konstas, Nathan McAndrew, Michael Neser, Todd Murphy, Fergus O’Neill, Jimmy Peirson, Josh Philippe, Corey Rocchiccioli, Mark Steketee, Beau Webster
Australia ODI squad: Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Cooper Connolly, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Quick, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
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