Star duo axed with uncapped opener bolting in from BBL as Aussie selectors shake up squad for Windies excursion

Hobart’s Big Bash League match-winner Mitch Owen is at the cusp of a primary Australian cap after being decided on within the Twenty20 International squad to excursion the West Indies.

It comes as Test spinner Matt Kuhnemann earns variety in his first T20I squad and out-of-sorts Jake Fraser-McGurk is dropped from the set-up.

Owen’s call-up continues a whirlwind begin to the yr for the 23-year-old, who powered the Hurricanes to their first BBL name with a century within the ultimate towards the Sydney Thunder.

He completed because the match’s main run-scorer and earned a maiden call-up to the IPL as Punjab Kings’ harm alternative for Glenn Maxwell, even though was once disregarded for a second-ball duck in his most effective recreation.

Owen brings versatility to the 16-player squad, in a position to open the batting or slot into the center order for the 5 suits performed throughout Jamaica and St Kitt’s after the three-Test sequence.

Swashbuckling younger gun Fraser-McGurk joins veteran allrounder Marcus Stoinis and paceman Xavier Bartlett in lacking the T20 squad for subsequent month’s suits.

Fraser-McGurk withdrew from the IPL when it went on hiatus after managing just one ranking in double figures from six innings with Delhi Capitals.

Chief selector George Bailey prompt all hope was once no longer misplaced forward for many who neglected variety as Australia prepares for subsequent yr’s T20 World Cup.

“There are a number of players outside the squad who can till force their way into the mix,” he mentioned.

“The connection, role development and combinations we will have as options are growing nicely as we build towards the World Cup.”

Kuhnemann’s inclusion continues a super calendar yr for the tweaker, who was once Australia’s best possible bowler within the dominant Test sequence win over Sri Lanka.

He joins as back-up to Adam Zampa however is an opportunity for game-time if decks level to wanting two front-line spinners.

Multi-format superstars Pat Cummins, Travis Head and Mitch Starc are unavailable for the T20Is, opting to go back house after the Test suits.

But allrounders Cameron Green and Cooper Connolly were incorporated within the squad on go back from harm.

T20 squad for Windies excursion: Mitch Marsh (capt), Sean Abbott, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Matt Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Mitch Owen, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa.

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