News has surprised the cricket world as the Aussies have announced their preliminary squad for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. There are a lot of surprises in the squad and a lot of good hopes for the skipper. All the teams have to announce their players by 28 September 2023.
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| PLAYER | ROLE |
| Pat Cummins | Fast bowler |
| Sean Abbott | Bowling Allrounder |
| Ashton Agar | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Alex Carey | Wicketkeeper Batsman |
| Nathan Ellis | Fast bowler |
| Cameron Green | Batting allrounder |
| Aaron Hardie | Allrounder |
| Josh Hazlewood | Fast bowler |
| Travis Head | Batsman |
| Josh Inglis | Wicketkeeper Batsman |
| Mitchell Marsh | Allrounder |
| Glenn Maxwell | Batting allrounder |
| Tanveer Sangha | Legspinner |
| Steve Smith | Batsman |
| Mitchell Starc | Fast bowler |
| Marcus Stoinis | Batting allrounder |
| David Warner | Batsman |
| Adam Zampa | Legspinner |
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Australians are testing their players with this 18-man squad. They will cut it down to 15 players as per the ICC rules.
Read: Australia team for ICC Cricket world cup 2023 [Announced]
Let’s discuss everything in detail. The Australian chief selector George Bailey gives inexperienced players like Tanveer and Aron a chance. Tanveer is set to play his role on the spinner-friendly pitches in India. While Aron Hardie will be grappling with Marsh and Maxwell for the place of an Allrounder.
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It was surprising to see Marnus not being selected. He has only missed 8 ODI games since his debut with the Kangaroos. Let’s see if he makes it to the world cup squad by 28 September.
Another pressing matter for the mighty Aussies is that their skipper is injured. He got his wrist fractured in the Ashes series this year. But the chief selector is hopeful that Cummins will fully recover before the world cup starts and will be available for the games before the world cup.
Let’s see how these things play out!