Just over a month away from the start of the ODI champions
trophy in England and Wales, Australia have announced their 15 man squad. The
squad involves a few new faces in Mitchell Marsh, Nathan Coulter-Nile and James
Faulkner. While James Faulkner did play in some limited over matches earlier in
the year, Mitchell Marsh hasn’t played one day cricket for Australia since late
2011 as a 19 year old. Additionally Nathan Coulter-Nile is yet to debut for
Australia in one day cricket, and his selection was the result of very good
domestic season for Western Australia.
Interestingly George Bailey was promoted as vice captain to
skipper Michael Clarke after Shane Watson’s resignation as vice captain. This
decision was expected as George Bailey is the twenty20 captain and has had some
good captaincy experience in the one day format earlier this year when Michael
Clarke was injured. George Bailey was preferred over the other potential vice
captain, Matthew Wade due to his experience. Some notable players who missed
out on selection were James Pattinson, Ryan Harris, Steven Smith and Aaron
Finch, some of whom will be in England anyway preparing for the Ashes with an
Australia A tour.
Champions
Trophy squad Michael Clarke (capt), George Bailey (vice-capt),
David Warner, Shane Watson, Phillip Hughes, Adam Voges, Matthew Wade, Glenn
Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, James Faulkner, Xavier Doherty, Clint McKay, Mitchell
Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Coulter-Nile.
By Kailaesh Raveendran
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