Australia has named its ODI and T20I squads for the white-ball series against England, and the selectors have made a big call: Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are all rested from both squads. The announcement came on November 2, with three ODIs and five T20Is on the schedule — the series opens with the first ODI on November 13 in Perth and closes with the fifth T20I on December 2 in Canberra.
The reason is the calendar. The Test pace trio is being “refreshed for a gruelling 10 Tests in 14 weeks,” with a four-match home series against New Zealand starting December 9 in Perth followed by a five-Test tour of India in January. Resting the quicks now protects Australia’s most important bowling arsenal for the long summer.
Mitchell Marsh captains both squads, and the selections tilt toward youth. Mahli Beardman, 21, is in both squads after recovering from injury and is in line for an ODI debut, with selectors rating him an all-format prospect. Sam Harper and Lachlan Shaw earn maiden T20I call-ups, while Ollie Peake and all-rounders Jack Edwards and Liam Scott make the ODI squad.
There are returns and omissions too. Jake Fraser-McGurk returns to the T20I side for the first time in 18 months, Mitch Owen is recalled, Nathan Ellis missed the ODI squad with a side strain but is expected back for the T20Is, and Josh Inglis — fresh from a century in the Cape Town Test — is rested from the T20s.
With a new-look side facing England in a home white-ball campaign, the Australia England squads pace trio rested decision puts the focus squarely on the next generation stepping up.
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