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Steve Smith (left) will captain the team. Travis Head (right) will be the vice captain.
The Australian team has been announced for the Test series against Sri Lanka. Cricket Australia announced the 16 member squad on Thursday. Steve Smith will captain the team in the absence of regular captain Pat Cummins. Cummins is about to become a father for the second time, so he is on a break. He is also recovering from an ankle injury.
Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has not got a place in the team. He was injured in the Test series against India, due to which he could not even play the last match. A series of 2 test matches will be played on the Sri Lanka tour, which will start from January 29.
Connolly gets his first chance Cooper Connolly has got a chance in the Test team for the first time. Opener Nathan McSweeney will return from this tour. He did not get a place in the team in the last two matches against India due to poor performance. While Sam Constas and Beau Webster have been included in the team after a great start to their careers. Both of them made their debut in the Test series against India.
All-rounder Beau Webster made his debut in the fifth Test against India. He scored 96 runs in both the innings of that match and took one wicket.
3 specialist spinners and 3 pacers included Left-arm spinner Matt Kuhneman, off-spinner Todd Murphy and Nathan Lyon are the three spinners in the team. Players like Head, McSweeney, Webster also have excellent spin options in the team. At the same time, three specialist fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Sean Abbott will accompany the team on this tour.
Australia team against Sri Lanka Steve Smith (captain), Travis Head (vice captain), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstans, Matt Kuhneman, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Nathan McSweeney, Todd Murphy, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster.
WTC final will be played between Australia and South Africa The final of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 will be played between Australia and South Africa. The final match will be played at Lord’s ground from June 11. Australia has reached the final for the second consecutive time, but South Africa will play the final for the first time. Australia defeated India by 209 runs in the final match played in 2023.