David Warner, Pat Cummins rested for white ball matches against Pakistan
Batsman David Warner and Test captain Pat Cummins were among the big names left out of Australia’s 16-player white ball squad named on Tuesday for fixtures in Pakistan.
Australia are taking a full-strength Test squad on their first Pakistan tour in 24 years, but the three subsequent ODIs and one T20I will see many top players rested.
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Australia’s pace attack will be without Test captain Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchel Starc.
In the batting line-up, swashbuckling short-form hitter Glenn Maxwell, who is getting married in the coming weeks, is missing alongside explosive opener Warner.
The Test squad is due to leave for Pakistan at the weekend with the first of three Tests due to begin on March 4 in Rawalpindi.
Cricket Australia said a packed schedule meant the workload of some players who play all formats — Tests, Twenty20s and ODIs — had to be managed.
Limited overs players not involved in the Tests will join up mid-tour, with first one-dayer on March 29, also in Rawalpindi.
The tour is Australia’s first in Pakistan since 1998.
JUST IN: Australia's squad for ODIs and T20I in Pakistan:
Finch (capt), Abbott, A Agar, Behrendorff, Carey, Ellis, Green, Head, Inglis, Labuschagne, M Marsh, McDermott, K Richardson, Smith, Stoinis, Zampa#AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/mESq3o7EEu
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