AUS vs ENG: Australia To Rest Key Players For Opening T20I Against England To Ensure Peak Fitness For ICC T20 World Cup 2022

Australia’s major key players which mostly comprises their entire first-choice bowling attack will sit out the opening Twenty20 against England this weekend, selectors said Thursday, as they rotate the squad to ensure peak fitness for the World Cup.

Aussie pacers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, along with spinner Adam Zampa and the dynamic all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, will not feature in Perth on Sunday.

The Australian bowling attack will return in the second game of the series

In the interim, Marcus Stoinis, Kane Richardson, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Swepson and Nathan Ellis make a return to the squad for the first match of a three-game series – Australia’s last preparatory campaign before the World Cup starts on home soil on October 16.

Zampa, Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Maxwell will all be back for the second and third England games in Canberra next week.

Some Australian players will travel to Perth early for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022

Chairman of selectors George Bailey, “The high-performance team and selectors have planned these matches to ensure our squad get to the World Cup fresh and ready to perform.”

“Some squad members travelled to Perth early to begin preparations slightly earlier than the main squad and a handful of others will not make the trip to Perth.”

Defending champions Australia are currently in Queensland playing two T20s against the West Indies.They narrowly won the first match by three wickets on Wednesday with the second in Brisbane on Friday before the five-hour flight to Perth.

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