Johnson, Short and Hardie to make T20I debut vs South Africa

Australia have confirmed three debutants for the opening T20I against South Africa in Durban with Spencer Johnson, Aaron Hardie and Matt Short all set to play their first international match under new skipper Mitchell Marsh.

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These three debutants headlining a completely new-look side –

Australia named their XI for the first of three T20Is on Wednesday with Johnson, Hardie and Short headlining a completely new-look side to the last T20I side that played for Australia in the home T20 World Cup in October last year.

David Warner, Cameron Green and Josh Hazlewood, who all played in Australia’s last T20I, are being rested ahead of the ODI series while Steven Smith, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell are all injured although Starc was dropped for the final match of last year’s World Cup.

Long-time T20 captain Aaron Finch has retired meaning Short will open the batting with Travis Head, having done so together briefly at Adelaide Strikers in the BBL last season where Short was named player of the tournament.