Cummins rested for T20Is on Sri Lanka tour with Australia A squad also named – T20 IPL 2024

Australia have named four squads, including an Australia A team, to tour Sri Lanka in June with Test captain Pat Cummins to be rested from the T20 internationals while Adam Zampa will miss the tour due to the birth of his first child.

Australia play three T20Is, five ODIs and two Test matches in Sri Lanka in June and July and have added an A tour with Australia A set to play two 50-over matches in Colombo and two four-day games in Hambantota while the T20I and ODI series are taking place.

There were no shocks in the Test squad with a virtually unchanged group from the one that beat Pakistan 1-0 in March. Marcus Harris and Mark Steketee are the only players missing but both have been named in the Australia A squad.

Australia is almost back to full strength with the T20I squad as they ramp up preparation for the T20 World Cup title defence later this year at home. Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, Steve Smith, Mitch Marsh, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Jhye Richardson and Kane Richardson all missed the white-ball series in Pakistan but all have returned for the Sri Lanka tour with Wade, Jhye Richardson and Kane Richardson picked solely for the T20Is.

The Australia A squad features some new names with the selectors keen to trial a trio of young spinners in Tanveer Sangha, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann with eye to the future. Western Australia allrounder Aaron Hardie has been rewarded for his stunning performance in the recent Sheffield Shield final with a berth in his first Australia A squad.

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Australian T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner, Matthew Wade

Australian ODI squad: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

Australian Test squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

Australia A squad: Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Pete Handscomb, Aaron Hardie, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Henry Hunt, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nic Maddinson, Todd Murphy, Josh Philippe, Matt Renshaw, Jhye Richardson, Tanveer Sangha, Mark Steketee

Alex Malcolm is an Associate Editor at ESPNcricinfo

Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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