ICC WC 2023: Marnus Labuschagne has been dropped for World Cup 2023

Australia’s Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Cricket Australia has announced its ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 preliminary squad and it includes many surprises. The cricket board has handed maiden call-ups to a few players while overlooking a couple of senior guys in the team.

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Australia announced its white ball squads for the upcoming tour of South Africa

Uncapped leggie Spencer Johnson, and all-rounder Aaron Hardie have received maiden call-ups. Australia announced its white ball squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa.

Experts reckon Australia’s Squad for the upcoming South Africa and India tour would give a basic idea of how the cricket board wants to approach its World Cup 2023 preparations.

Senior batter Marnus Labuschagne has been dropped off the ODI side

In a major upset, senior batter Marnus Labuschagne has dropped off the ODI side. Effectively ending his ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 dream in India later this year.

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Mitchell Marsh will lead the Australian T20I side in the South Africa tour

All-rounder Mitchell Marsh will lead the Australian T20I side in the South Africa tour, which starts on August 30. Potentially, he could be the leader of the ODI side as well. Pat Cummins fails to recover on time from his wrist injury.

David Warner, Mitchell Starc, Cameron Green, and Josh Hazlewood have been rested for the three-game 20-over series with the Proteas. The aforementioned players would return to the ODI side for the 50-over leg.

Australia’s Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2023:

Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Aaron Hardie, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner, Adam Zampa.