Cricket Australia has announced the squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 to be held in India. The names of 15 members of the team captained by Pat Cummins, who will be seen playing the World Cup in India in October-November, have been revealed. There are no new or surprising names in the team. Five-time world champions Australia first announced the provisional squad, of which 15 names have now been finalised.
Australia announced a preliminary squad of 18 players for the ODI World Cup last month, which was reduced to 15 on Wednesday. Less than a month is now left for this year’s event to begin in India. The three players who did not make the final fifteen are all-rounder Aaron Hardy, fast bowler Nathan Ellis and young spinner Tanveer Sangha.
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The selectors have included experienced players in the squad, while Test star Marnus Labuschagne has not been selected for the World Cup. He was not even named in the 18-man squad. Australia will play the World Cup with four leading fast bowlers, three pace all-rounders, two spinners and one spin all-rounder. Fast bowlers include captain Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Sean Abbott.
The Kangaroos squad has 5 decent batsmen, including Steve Smith, David Warner, Travis Head, Alex Carey and Josh Inglis. Carey and Inglis are the wicketkeepers. At the same time, the names of 4 all-rounders include Mitchell Marsh, Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell. The two spinners are Ashton Agar and Adam Zampa. Thus he has prepared for the final fifteen. The team has 10 bowling options.
Australia’s World Cup Team
Pat Cummins (captain), Steve Smith, David Warner, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa and Mitchell Starc .