Ashes 2023
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:55 amAustralia A squad set for Ashes camp in New Zealand
A squad of fringe Test players and rising talent to feature in two four-day games with the Dukes ball on New Zealand's south island
Australia A squad: Wes Agar, Xavier Bartlett, Aaron Hardie, Peter Handscomb, Spencer Johnson, Campbell Kellaway, Nathan McSweeney, Joel Paris, Mitch Perry, Jimmy Pierson, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Tim Ward, Teague Wyllie.
Pace pair Mitch Perry and Spencer Johnson will join some of the nation's most promising young batting talent in an Australia A squad whose two-match tour to New Zealand next month will form part of the upcoming Ashes defence.
The 14-man squad unveiled today includes current Test squad members Peter Handscomb, Matthew Renshaw and Mitchell Swepson and will take part in two four-day matches against New Zealand A at Lincoln (near Christchurch) in autumn conditions likely to replicate the English summer.
To enhance the England-like experience, the matches will feature the Dukes brand ball that is known for its heightened swing and seam movement that has posed problems for batters in the UK where the Australia has not won a Test series since 2001.
In addition to likely Ashes tourists Handscomb and Renshaw, the Australia A squad includes 20-year-old batter Campbell Kellaway who has averaged 30 since making his Marsh Sheffield Shield debut earlier this season, and 18-year-old Western Australian Teague Wyllie who scored a memorable century to start this summer.
Perry has been named on the back of impressive Shield form for Victoria with 19 wickets from his past three matches, while Johnson's selection continues a meteoric rise for the left-armer who had spent three years on the sidelines through injury before earning a call-up for Brisbane Heat in BBL|12.
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/austral ... 2023-03-09
A squad of fringe Test players and rising talent to feature in two four-day games with the Dukes ball on New Zealand's south island
Australia A squad: Wes Agar, Xavier Bartlett, Aaron Hardie, Peter Handscomb, Spencer Johnson, Campbell Kellaway, Nathan McSweeney, Joel Paris, Mitch Perry, Jimmy Pierson, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Tim Ward, Teague Wyllie.
Pace pair Mitch Perry and Spencer Johnson will join some of the nation's most promising young batting talent in an Australia A squad whose two-match tour to New Zealand next month will form part of the upcoming Ashes defence.
The 14-man squad unveiled today includes current Test squad members Peter Handscomb, Matthew Renshaw and Mitchell Swepson and will take part in two four-day matches against New Zealand A at Lincoln (near Christchurch) in autumn conditions likely to replicate the English summer.
To enhance the England-like experience, the matches will feature the Dukes brand ball that is known for its heightened swing and seam movement that has posed problems for batters in the UK where the Australia has not won a Test series since 2001.
In addition to likely Ashes tourists Handscomb and Renshaw, the Australia A squad includes 20-year-old batter Campbell Kellaway who has averaged 30 since making his Marsh Sheffield Shield debut earlier this season, and 18-year-old Western Australian Teague Wyllie who scored a memorable century to start this summer.
Perry has been named on the back of impressive Shield form for Victoria with 19 wickets from his past three matches, while Johnson's selection continues a meteoric rise for the left-armer who had spent three years on the sidelines through injury before earning a call-up for Brisbane Heat in BBL|12.
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/austral ... 2023-03-09