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Australia tour of Sri Lanka: After defeating India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the Australian team will now tour Sri Lanka. Australia will play a 2-match Test series on this tour, which will be just a formality because by defeating Team India in the series, it has confirmed its place in the final of the World Test Championship i.e. WTC 2023-25.
Australia will now face South Africa in the WTC final. The WTC final match will be played at Lord’s between June 11 and 15. Before this, Australia has announced its team for the tour of Sri Lanka. Australia has announced a 16-member squad for this tour. Steve Smith will lead the Australian team against Sri Lanka as Pat Cummins is on paternity leave. Let us tell you, Cummins is going to become a father for the second time and it was already looking difficult for him to play against Sri Lanka, which has now been approved by Cricket Australia.
Hazlewood and Marsh did not get place
Josh Hazlewood is recovering from his calf injury while Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out. The focus of both players is on the Champions Trophy 2025 which will take place immediately after the Sri Lanka tour. The last date for team announcement for the Champions Trophy is January 12. Now it remains to be seen which players are included in the Australian team for this tournament.
Former Australian cricket team captain and National Selection Panel Chairman George Bailey said that Sri Lanka is a challenging and exciting place to tour, as the players may have to face different conditions. We are excited about the opportunities ahead for those team members who are beginning their Test careers and will continue to grow their games in subcontinental conditions, where we have a number of important tours ahead of us in the coming years.
Australia for 2 match test series against Sri Lanka: Steve Smith (captain), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Matt Kuneman, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Nathan McSweeney, Todd Murphy, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster.
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