Aussies announce summer Twenty20 squad

The 2019/20 Australian cricket summer will kick off with the fast pace action of Twenty20 cricket as Sri Lanka and Pakistan visit the Australian shores for six matches throughout October and November.

Australia have selected their squad for the back-to-back series commencing on Sunday 27th October at the Adelaide Oval, with a few surprising omissions.

All-rounder Marcus Stoinis failed to make the squad after an average ODI World Cup in England while the big hitting Chris Lynn has also been left out. Spinners Ashton Agar and Adam Zampa have been preferred to Test regular Nathan Lyon.

 

A very interesting stage in Marcus Stoinis’ career. Dropped from the T20 side 12 months out from a home World Cup and seemingly on the outer in the ODI setup too. intriguing few months ahead for him @cricketcentral

— Jono Baruch (@JonoBaruch) October 8, 2019

Ashes superstar Steve Smith will play his first international T20 in over 3 and half years as he returns to the squad, while teammate David Warner who had a torrid time in England has also been selected. With the T20 World Cup to be played in Australia in just over 12 months time the series will be a good measuring stick for the selectors as will the upcoming Big Bash series starting in December.