Australia will wrap up their home international summer with a three-match T20I series against West Indies, starting from February 9. Here are the AUS vs WI T20Is 2024 squads, including the full team lists and injury updates.
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The hosts named a 14-player squad captained by Mitchell Marsh in the absence of regular skipper Pat Cummins, who will sit out alongside other first-choice players like Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc.
The series will also see the return of recently retired Test and ODI batter David Warner, as well as all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood. Batters Matt Short, Tim David, Matthew Wade and bowlers Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Ellis and Sean Abbott will have an opportunity to prove their mettle before the T20I World Cup in June.
Ahead of the series, Australia have released explosive batter Travis Head from the squad to keep him fresh for the upcoming T20 and Test tour of New Zealand, which will begin on February 21.
For the West Indies, Jason Holder and Kyle Mayers have been included in the T20I squad led by Rovman Powell after making themselves unavailable for the Test tour due to their commitment to franchise tournaments. Both Holder and Mayers were not part of the ODI series which preceded the T20Is, while Brandon King and Sherfane Rutherford were granted permission to participate in ILT20 and are set to return in this series.
Like in the ODI series, Shimron Hetmyer has been left out owing to his poor form against England late last year, which resulted in him being dropped midway through the series.
AUS vs WI T20Is 2024 squads: Full team lists for West Indies’ tour of Australia
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Jason Behrendorff, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head (released), Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Short, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa
West Indies: Rovman Powell (c), Shai Hope, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Oshane Thomas
