Travis Head launched from white-ball squad towards West Indies

Cricket Australia on Saturday confirmed that opening batter Travis Head has been launched from the white-ball squad for the sequence towards West Indies.

World Cup-winning fast Josh Hazlewood has been added to Australia’s squad for the second ODI towards the Windies on the SCG after Head was launched to “refresh” following a busy Test summer time.

Head gained’t play within the last two ODIs or the three T20 internationals that comply with and can return house to Adelaide for a break forward of Australia’s T20 and Test tour of New Zealand later this month.

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The left-hander didn’t create an affect within the first ODI on the MCG however Josh Inglis (65), Cameron Green (77no) and Steve Smith (79no) led Australia to a cushty eight-wicket win.

Australia additionally confirmed that paceman Xavier Bartlett will probably be rested from the second match following an impressive first sport in worldwide colors the place he collected the second-best figures (4-17) for the nation on males’s ODI debut.

While Bartlett will not be injured and performed each sport of the Heat’s championship-winning Big Bash marketing campaign, selectors felt the extra workload of three ODIs in 5 days was not well worth the danger so quickly.

Australia ODI squad: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood (second ODI solely), Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson (third ODI solely), Marnus Labuschagne, Lance Morris, Matt Short, Will Sutherland, Adam Zampa

Australia T20I squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Jason Behrendorff, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Short, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa