PENPIX-Cricket-Australia's Ashes squad

Penpix of players in Australia's Ashes squad: Pat Cummins (captain) Age: 28 Right-arm fast bowler Cummins seems to have put his injury worries behind him and has risen to number one in the test rankings.


Reuters | Updated: 03-12-2021 06:31 IST | Created: 03-12-2021 06:31 IST
PENPIX-Cricket-Australia's Ashes squad

Penpix of players in Australia's Ashes squad: Pat Cummins (captain)

Age: 28 Right-arm fast bowler

Cummins seems to have put his injury worries behind him and has risen to number one in the test rankings. He topped the charts with 29 wickets at the 2019 Ashes and is the second fast bowler to captain Australia after Ray Lindwall took over for one test in the mid-1950s. Steve Smith

Age: 32 Right-handed top order batsman

Smith returned to the test side for the 2019 Ashes after serving a one-year ban for his role in the Newlands ball-tampering scandal, smashing 774 runs in England despite missing a test with concussion. He averages over 61 and was recently named vice-captain. David Warner

Age: 35 Left-handed opening batsman

A veteran of five Ashes, Warner comes into the series in a rich vein of form having been named Player of the Tournament as Australia won the Twenty20 World Cup. Warner was involved in the Newlands scandal but his return to the side for the 2019 Ashes in England yielded only 95 runs in 10 innings, including three consecutive ducks at the hands of Stuart Broad. Usman Khawaja

Age: 34 Left-handed batsman

Dropped and recalled at frequent intervals since his debut in 2011, Khawaja will be looking to lock down a middle order spot after battering down the selectors' door with 400 runs in six innings in the domestic Sheffield Shield. Marcus Harris

Age: 29 Left-handed opening batsman

Harris got some runs under his belt at county side Leicestershire during the English summer and sealed his spot as Warner's opening partner after Will Pucovski was ruled out due to concussion. Alex Carey

Age: 30 Wicketkeeper-batsman

Carey was named to the Australia squad as a replacement for Tim Paine. He has yet to play a test for Australia but has featured regularly in white-ball internationals, playing 83 matches and scoring 1,436 runs. Cameron Green

Age: 22 All-rounder

Another talent who shone in the Sheffield Shield last season, Green top scored with 922 runs in 14 innings. A useful middle order batsman with a test average of 33.71, Green has yet to take a wicket in his four tests. Travis Head

Age: 27 Middle order batsman

Head is expected to compete with Khawaja for the final spot in the batting order. He has averaged a shade below 50 in the Sheffield Shield this season. Josh Hazlewood

Age: 30 Right-arm fast bowler

Hazlewood is the only bowler who ranks among the top 10 in the world in all three formats. The tall paceman comes into the Ashes high on confidence after cleaning up New Zealand's top order in the T20 World Cup final. Marnus Labuschagne

Age: 27 Batting all-rounder

Talked about as a future captain, Labuschagne hit four half-centuries after coming into the team as cricket's first concussion substitute in the 2019 Ashes. He solidified his place in the top order with well-crafted centuries against Pakistan, New Zealand and India. Has taken 12 wickets in 18 tests with his leg spin. Nathan Lyon

Age: 34 Right-arm off-spinner

Lyon, a groundsman at Adelaide Oval during the 2010-11 Ashes, is now just one victim shy of 400 test wickets. Nicknamed the 'GOAT' as Australia's most successful off-spinner, his experience is highly respected in the dressing room, where he leads the team victory song. Mitchell Starc

Age: 31 Left-arm fast bowler

With a rich mix of pace and swing, combined with an ability to add some runs lower down the order, Starc comes in with a point to prove after losing his spot in the 2019 Ashes where he played only one test. The most likely of the three established pacemen to drop out for fresh blood. Jhye Richardson

Age: 25 Right-arm fast bowler

Richardson has impressed with both bat and ball in the Sheffield Shield and will be pressing hard to displace Starc in the bowling attack and earn his third test cap in Brisbane. Michael Neser

Age: 31 Bowling all-rounder

Neser has been included in many Australian test squads but the all-rounder, who seems too good for the domestic circuit but not good enough for international cricket, is still waiting for that elusive first test cap. Mitchell Swepson

Age: 28 Right-arm leg-spinner

With Australia rarely going with more than one spinner, Swepson remains on the sidelines behind Lyon in the pecking order. (Compiled by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford )

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