Tim Paine and Aaron Finch will captain Australia in ODIs and T20Is respectively, Cricket Australia confirmed on Tuesday, May 8, when announcing the squads for the upcoming limited-overs tours of England and Zimbabwe.
Paine, named full-time Test captain in March after the ball-tampering scandal led to the suspension of Steve Smith, will lead a 15-member ODI squad to England. Finch will be Paine’s deputy in the five-match series, starting on June 13.
Finch will then lead Australia in the one-off T20I against England, and the subsequent T20I Tri-Series in Zimbabwe in July. Alex Carey, who made his international debut in an ODI against England in January this year, will be the vice-captain.
Australia will also have a new-look pace attack. Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins are both nursing injuries, meaning Josh Hazlewood will be backed up by Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Billy Stanlake and Andrew Tye.
Meanwhile, Nic Maddinson, the explosive opening batsman, earned a return to the T20I squad, while Jack Wildermuth, the all-rounder, and Mitchell Swepson, the left-arm spinner, got their first call-ups.
This will also be Australia’s first series under Justin Langer, the new head coach.
ODI squad: Tim Paine (c, wk), Aaron Finch, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye.
T20I squad: Aaron Finch (c), Alex Carey (wk), Ashton Agar, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Jack Wildermuth.