Marnus Labuschagne is set to miss the limited over series against West Indies in July. Young players, Tanveer Sangha and Josh Philippe have been re-selected.
Five T20I’s and three One Day International’s will be played in West Indies in July. The reason why Labuschagne won’t be able to join Australia in West Indies is that he is playing in the County Championship from Glamorgan. Hence due to “logistic complexities”, Marnus had to be left out as said by Cricket Australia said on Monday.
“Anyone who knows Marnus understands he would give absolutely anything to play for Australia and he is deeply upset to miss out due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control,” national selector Trevor Hohns said in a statement.
Unfortunately, this will risk Labuschagne’s chances of featuring in the ICC World T20 slated to take place in October.
“We worked through numerous options in conversations with Marnus to find a workable solution but ultimately came to the conclusion it was more practical for him to remain in the UK.
“Had we not been in the middle of a global pandemic Marnus would be on this tour as a well-established member and important part of the one-day side. It’s an unfortunate circumstance of the many challenges the world is facing right now. As it stands, Marnus has the opportunity to continue in County Cricket and T20 games with Glamorgan as we head into the World Cup and home summer.”
Labuschagne could get well prepared for Ashes while making the most of Glamorgan stint.
Australia Schedule
Five T20I’s and three One Day International’s will be played. T20 leg to start from July 9 and end on July 16. The ODI (D/N) series of three matches will be underway from July 20 till July 24.
Australia Squad
Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Tanveer Sangha, D’Arcy Short, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
