Players who have retired are Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Jyhe Richardson and Kane Richardson.
Cricket Australia on Wednesday announced a squadron of 18 members who will travel to Bangladesh and the West Indies to play limited legs. However, seven main stars have opted for these tours that they plan to serve as decent practice before the T20 World Cup. Players who have retired are Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Jyhe Richardson and Kane Richardson.
While Smith retired due to an elbow injury, the other six ‘requested not being considered for the tour for several reasons.’ This would mean that Justin Langer would be without six of his larger stars, since Australia was built towards the scheduled T20 World Cup at the end of this year.
“Naturally, we are disappointed not to have all the players available for the Australian team at this time, however, the NSP [national selection panel] respects the decisions of those who have opted for those who have opted for this tour”, said the National Selector Trevor Hohns. “Steve Smith was not available for the selection due to an elbow injury and now you can use this time to fully recover ahead of the World Cup and the Ashes Ashes series. Steve was disappointed to lose the tour of the decision of the Medical motives
“International tours at the time of Covid-19, no doubt, have many additional challenges for athletes, they also have opportunities for others and, in this case, the possibility of pressing for the selection in the World Cup Squadron of T20 of Australian men later this year and beyond. This is a great opportunity for these players to have a case for the World Cup and everyone considers very real prospects to make that tournament doing well through these tours. “
It is believed that the tastes of Kane and Jyhe Richardson and Marcus Stoinis had taken out a series of personal reasons, after having returned home playing the IPL, which followed the strict insulation protocols before the tournament stopped. Daniel Sams, who, in fact, had contracted the Covid, had retired a month before. However, the extraction of some of these players meant that Wes Agar won his single call, while Nathan Ellis and Tasmania’s leg, Tanveer Sangha, have been added as reservations.
Australia Squad: Aaron Finch (Captain), Ashton Agar, Wes Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Dan Christian, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Riley Meredith, Ben McDermott, Josh Philippe, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepton, Ashton Turner , Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa