AUSTRALIA TEST SQUAD FOR FIRST TWO TESTS OF MEN'S ASHES SERIES

 AUSTRALIA NAMED 15 MAN  SQUAD FOR FIRST TWO TEST OF MEN'S ASHES SERIES CONFIRMED.

AUSTRALIAN TEAM ANNOUNCED THE 15  MAN  SQUAD FOR THE ASHES SERIES WHICH WILL BEGIN ON 08 DECEMBER 2021 

USMAN KHAWAJA LEFT-HANDED BATSMAN AND JYHE RICHARDSON  HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE 15 MAN SQUAD FOR THE ASHES SERIES ON THE BASIS OF GOOD FORM IN DOMESTIC CRICKET OF AUSTRALIA 

MICHAEL NESER GOT MAIDEN CALL UP FOR ASHES TEST SERIES ADDED IN THE 15 MAN SQUAD 

AND ALSO GET YET ANOTHER UNCAPPED PLAYER IN THE SQUAD MITCHELL SWEPSON LEG SPINNER  ALONG WITH EXPERIENCED SPINNER NATHAN LYON INCLUDED IN THE 15 MAN SQUAD 

DAVID WARNER, MARCUS HARRIS, STEVE SMITH, ARE TOP-ORDER BATSMEN AND  IN THE MIDDLE ORDER BATTING LINE UP OPTION  TIM PAINE, MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE, AND RETURNS OF TRAVIS HEAD, AND USMAN KHAWAJA INCLUDED IN THE  15 MAN SQUAD 

IN THE PACE BOWLING OPTION THE EXPERIENCED PACE ATTACK MITCHELL STARC, PAT CUMMINS, JOSH HAZLEWOOD KEY STRIKE BOWLER ALONG WITH JYHE RICHARDSON AND MICHAEL NESER  ADDED TO THE SQUAD 

TIM PAINE WILL LEAD THE TEST SIDE AS REGULAR CAPTAIN.

THERE IS NO PLACE FOR T20 WORLD  CUP 2021 FINAL  STAR  MITCHELL MARSH IN THE 15 MAN SQUAD AND THEY  ADDED IN AN ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIA A PLAYERS SQUAD.

AUSTRALIA VS ENGLAND MEN'S ASHES SCHEDULE : 

FIRST TEST: 08 DECEMBER TO 12 DEC  -  BRISBANE 

SECOND TEST:16 DECEMBER TO 20 DEC -  ADELAIDE OVAL 

THIRD TEST:     26 DECEMBER TO 30 DEC -  MELBOURNE 

FOURTH TEST:   5 JANUARY TO  9 JAN  -    SYDNEY 

FIFTH TEST:   14 JANUARY TO 18 JAN  - PERTH 

AUSTRALIA SQUAD FOR FIRST TWO TEST ASHES SERIES : 

TIM PAINE ( C AND WK ),  DAVID WARNER, USMAN KHAWAJA, PAT CUMMINS, MARCUS HARRIS, CAMERON GREEN, MITCHELL STARC, MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE, JOSH HAZLEWOOD, STEVE SMITH, NATHAN LYON, JHYE RICHARDSON, TRAVIS HEAD, MITCHELL SWEPSON, MICHAEL NESER 

AUSTRALIA ADDITIONAL  A PLAYERS  SQUAD : 

MITCHEL MARSH, SEASON ABBOTT, ASHTON AGAR, SCOTT BOLAND, ALEX CAREY,  HENRY HUNT, JOSH INGLIS, NIC MADDINSON, MATT RENSHAW, MARK STEKETEE , BRYCE STREET.

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