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India tour of Australia: Andrew Tye replaces Kane Richardson in Australia’s ODI, T20I squads

Sudev Haldar
3 years ago

Kane Richardson has withdrawn from Australia’s limited-overs series against India to spend time with his newborn son and been replaced by Andrew Tye, Cricket Australia said on Wednesday.

“It was a difficult decision for Kane to make but one which has the complete support of the selectors and the entire playing squad,” national selector Trevor Hohns said in a statement.

“Kane wanted to remain in Adelaide with Nyki and their newborn son. We will always support our players and their families; even more so given the challenging environment we are in.”

The 33-year-old Tye has played 7 ODIs and T20 internationals and was a backup paceman on Australia’s recent tour to Britain, which finished with an ODI series win over World Cup winner England.

The 3 ODIs will be played on November 27, 29 and December 2, followed by the T20Is on December 4, 6 and 8.

Cricket Australia added that because of the outbreak, D’Arcy Short and Josh Philippe will train with the Australian limited-overs squad in Sydney from next week before they join their Big Bash sides.

Meanwhile, the tour by India has been complicated in recent days with a fresh coronavirus outbreak in South Australia, which is to host the first test from Dec. 17.

Australia ODI & T20 squad:

Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey , Pat Cummins (vc), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, Andrew Tye, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa

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