Jake Fraser-McGurk and Matthew Short are set to hitch Team Australia as two travelling reserves for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024, in accordance with ESPNcricinfo. The report said that earlier, chief Australia selector George Bailey mentioned the Aussies would carry only one reserve within the West Indies, nonetheless, they’re more likely to take two star gamers, Fraser-McGurk and Short, into the match.
Australia have opted to not embody a 3rd spinner as their travelling reserve. Spinner Tanveer Sangha who was taken to the just lately concluded ODI World Cup 2023 as their travelling reserve, has been stored out of the T20 World Cup 2024. (Mahela Jayawardena, Gautam Gambhir? Names Of Ex-Cricketers For India Head Coach Job In Discussion On Social Media)
In IPL 2024, the Aussie batter Fraser-McGurk performed for the Delhi-based franchise and displayed a stupendous efficiency within the match. He appeared in 9 matches in IPL 2024 and scored 330 runs at a strike charge of 234.04.
Earlier in May, Australia named their squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar received a recall regardless of not having performed a T20I because the final T20 World Cup on Australian soil in 2022, whereas all-rounders Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Green additionally earned a spot within the remaining squad regardless of some detached type within the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), as per the ICC. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh will captain the facet.
Meanwhile, veteran batter Steve Smith, younger batting sensation Jake Fraser-McGurk, skilled seamer Jason Behrendorff and all-rounder Matt Short all missed out. Australia open their T20 World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Oman in Barbados on June 5, earlier than Group B fixtures in opposition to England, Namibia and Scotland.
Australia squad: Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (C), Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, and Adam Zampa.
