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Aus Limited Overs squad for VB Tour of England announced

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 5:30 pm
by BallOil
The Cricket National Selection Panel (NSP) has today announced an 18-man squad for the limited overs component of the VB Tour of England, as well as the ODI against Scotland.



The NSP will reduce this squad after the two T20 internationals against England.



The 18-player squad is:

Michael Clarke (ODI Captain) NSW

George Bailey (ODI Vice-Captain/T20 captain) TAS

Fawad Ahmed VIC

Nathan Coulter-Nile WA

James Faulkner TAS

Aaron Finch VIC

Josh Hazlewood NSW

Phil Hughes SA

Mitchell Johnson WA

Shaun Marsh WA

Glenn Maxwell VIC

Clint McKay VIC

Steve Smith NSW

Mitchell Starc NSW

Adam Voges WA

Matthew Wade VIC

David Warner NSW

Shane Watson NSW



Commenting on the squad, National Selector John Inverarity said: “The NSP today announced an 18-man squad for the two T20s against England, the ODI against Scotland in Edinburgh and the five ODIs against England to be played from 29 August to 16 September. The NSP will reduce the squad, probably to 15, after the T20 matches.



“Fawad Ahmed gets his opportunity as the squad’s lead spinner. He replaces Xavier Doherty who had that role in the ICC Champions Trophy played in June. While Xavier will be disappointed, he remains in strong contention for selection for the Tour of India in October. Fawad has been a consistent wicket-taker on the Australia A tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa. He is a mature and very good leg-spin bowler and the NSP is keen to see how he fares in international competition.



“Steve Smith has replaced Mitchell Marsh from the squad that represented Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy. Steve is a talented young stroke-maker who is steadily gaining confidence and has been impressive at times during the Ashes Series and Australia A tour that preceded it. Mitchell is still only 21 years of age and is a player who remains of high interest.



“Aaron Finch played five consecutive ODIs last summer against the West Indies. Since then he has captained Australia A against the England Lions in February and more recently against South Africa A, Zimbabwe and India A in Africa. He has played and captained with considerable success and the NSP looks forward to him continuing his form in England.



“Shaun Marsh’s limited overs form has been very good for some time. He sealed his selection in this squad when he batted through the innings scoring a masterful 136 not out to guide Australia A to victory against South Africa A recently.



“Josh Hazlewood has been performing impressively with Australia A recently and thoroughly deserves the opportunity. Josh made his ODI debut for Australia against England in 2010 as a 19-year-old and now, three years on, he is a stronger and better bowler.



“We believe the squad is also a very good fielding unit with David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Steve Smith being a brilliant and eye-catching quartet within the wider squad.



"While he hasn't been selected in this squad, the NSP also notes the strong performances of Nic Maddinson in recent months for Australia A. We look forward to him continuing to build on that good form and pressing his claims for higher honours in the future.



“The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 is less than 12 months away and the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup around 18 months away so every limited overs game between now and then will be an important opportunity for those players selected to press their claims.



“While those two tournaments may seem distant to cricket fans, the NSP has been planning for these tournaments for some time.”



The NSP will finalise the changes to this squad after the two T20 internationals against England.