The Australian cricket team is due to play a limited-over series in the West Indies in July. On this tour, two series of five T20 Internationals and three ODIs will be played between Australia and the West Indies. Australia have announced a 23-man squad for the series. Marnus Labuschen is not named in the list, but all Australian players are part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. Steve Smith, David Warner, Riley Meredith, Josh Philip, Ken Richardson, hai Richardson, Marcus Stoinis are all on the list.
All matches will be played in St. Lucia and Barbados. Marnus LaBuschen is playing county cricket these days, so he is not included in the squad due to his travel and quarantine approach. National selector Trevor Horns said the selection of the 23-man squad would get a strong base to pick the right team for the West Indies tour in the coming week.
The West Indies men’s team has won the ICC T20 World Cup twice, including the T20 World Cup played in India in 2016. In such a situation, the series will be crucial for Australia in preparation for the T20 World Cup to be held in India later this year.
The 23-member Australia squad is expected for the West Indies tour Aaron Finch (captain), Ashton Egger, Jason Behrendorf, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Josh Haazloud, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Riley Meredith, Josh Philip, Ken Richardson, Arya Richard, , Steve Smith, Michelle Stark, Marcus Stoinis, Michelle Swepson, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Jampa.
