ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Australia names 15-man squad on January 13 2025. Pat Cummins returns to guide Australia

Australia names Pat Cummins as captain for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025 scheduled to be from February 19 in Pakistan and UAE.
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Pat Cummins will captain Australia on the Champions Trophy after being named in a preliminary 15-man squad additionally that includes fellow fast Josh Hazlewood on Monday (January 13, 2025).

Cummins will skip the take a look at collection in Sri Lanka in January and early February for private causes however will return to Australia’s colors for the one-day worldwide event being performed in Pakistan and United Arab Emirates from Feb. 19.

Hazlewood missed the final two checks within the latest collection overcome India due to calf and aspect accidents however will reunite with Cummins and Mitchell Starc within the tempo assault that has helped Australia to a number of successes over the past decade.

There was no place within the squad for opener Jake Fraser-McGurk, who has been wanting runs, however in any other case the squad had a well-recognized really feel with all however three of the crew that gained the 50-overs World Cup in 2023 included.

All-rounders Matt Brief and Aaron Hardie in addition to fast bowler Nathan Ellis are the least skilled worldwide gamers within the squad with lower than a dozen ODIs every.

“This can be a balanced and skilled squad,” head selector George Bailey stated in a information launch.

“It provides a wide range of choices for touring administration relying on opposition and the circumstances that will current in Pakistan.”

The Champions Trophy, which Australia gained in 2006 and 2009, was final performed in 2017.

The ninth version of the event will run from Feb. 19 to March 9 largely in Pakistan with solely the matches involving India going down within the UAE for political causes.

Australia have been drawn with Afghanistan, England and South Africa for the opening group stage.

Squad:

Pat Cummins (captain), Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Brief, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.