The arrival of Steve Smith and David Warner to Australia's squad for the Cricket World Cup came as meager astonishment on Monday yet selectors still figured out how to create some excitement by overlooking strike bowler Josh Hazlewood and in-structure batsman Peter Handscomb.
Previous captain Smith and Warner were qualified for Aaron Finch's side after their year ball-altering bans finished a month ago yet their arrival put a crush on the batting positions that saw Handscomb drop out.
"Steve Smith and David Warner return into the squad. Both are world class players and it has been satisfying to see them produce some great structure in the IPL (Indian Premier League)," Chairman of Selectors Trevor Hohns said in a Cricket Australia articulation.
Warner has enlisted five 50 or more scores, including an unbeaten century, for Sunrisers Hyderabad in seven IPL matches this season while Smith, coming back from an elbow medical procedure like his previous agent, has likewise looked in great touch for Rajasthan Royals.
Spinners Nathan Lyon and Adam Zampa have made the cut, with selectors going for the pace of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jhye Richardson and Jason Behrendorff, who has been in fine structure in the IPL.
Hohns said Hazlewood, who has rather been named in the Australia A group for their voyage through England in June-July, remained a major piece of Australia's Ashes plans.
The fast, who has taken 72 wickets in 44 one-dayers, has been sidelined since January because of back damage however had been certain of being fit for the World Cup.
"Having not played at the largest amount for quite a while, we feel this will give him the best arrangement to get some quality cricket added to his repertoire," Hohns said.
"Our center is to have Josh back bowling getting it done for the beginning of a major Ashes visit."
Starc and Richardson have both been chosen subject to wellness.
"The exhortation from the CA medicinal group is they are advancing great and notwithstanding any mishaps will be accessible for determination in front of our opening match against Afghanistan on June 1," Hohns said.
Groups need to present their 15-part squads by April 23 however damage substitutions can be named until May 23.
Opener Usman Khawaja, player-of-the-arrangement in Australia's ODI arrangement triumph in India a month ago, was picked however may need to bat lower with Warner liable to accomplice Finch at the top.
Handscomb was forgotten in spite of his great structure and the esteem he includes as a back-up stumper. Alex Carey has been named the sole wicketkeeper in the squad, which likewise contains all-rounders Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell.
The competition, being facilitated in England and Wales, keeps running from May 30 to July 14.
Squad: Aaron Finch (skipper), Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jhye Richardson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa.
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