Steve Smith To Captain Australia In WI ODIs: Steve Smith has been named the captain of the Australian team for the upcoming three-match ODI series against the West Indies as the pace-trio has been rested.
Steve Smith To Captain Australia In WI ODIs: Cummins Rested
Pat Cummins, the regular captain of the Australian cricket team across all formats, has been rested for the ODIs against est Indies along with Josh Hazelwood and Mitchell Starc.
In the place of the regulars, debutant Lance Morris has been added to the 13-man squad, and so is Jhye Richardson, who has not played ODIs for Australia since June 2022. The likes of Nathan Ellis and allrounder Aaron Hardie find a place in the squad.
Before the three-match ODI series, the two teams will play a two-match Test match series, where the pace-trio will be part of the squad and Pat Cummins will captain the side.
Talking about young pacers being part of the squad, Australian national team selector and former captain George Bailey had this to say –
“It is a little over 12 months until the Champions Trophy and further opportunities for the likes of Aaron Hardie, Matt Short, Jhye Richardson, and Nathan Ellis will be valuable both to our ongoing improvement as a team and also further their personal experiences in ODI cricket.”
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Steve Smith has been handed the captaincy for Australia whenever Pat Cummins has been unavailable in the past few years, the most recent of this happening is from the three-match ODI series between Australia and India in March 2023 as part of the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
Smith was Australia’s regular captain up until 2018, when he, David Warner, and Cameron Bancroft were suspended from professional cricket for 2 years (9 months in the case of Bancroft) when their names came up in the Sandpapergate Scandal.
Australia’s squad for the upcoming ODI series against the West Indies –
Steve Smith (c), Travis Head (vc), Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Matt Short, Adam Zampa.
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