T20 heroes to miss out on Ashes selection

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There volition beryllium nary country for Matthew Wade and astir apt not Mitchell Marsh either arsenic Australia prepares to sanction an extended squad for the 2021 Ashes series.

The squad volition beryllium named aboriginal today, but The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that Wade volition not beryllium progressive successful the squad, with Marsh incapable to displace the likes of Cameron Green, Travis Head oregon Usman Khawaja for a spot successful the mediate order.

This is contempt former Australian Test skipper Mark Taylor saying that Marsh whitethorn person batted himself into Ashes contention aft his match-winning sound successful the final.

After years of being Australian cricket's whipping boy, Marsh delivered connected the biggest stage, guiding his broadside to its archetypal T20 World Cup with an unbeaten 77 disconnected 50 deliveries - but Cameron Green is apt to clasp him disconnected for 1 of those spots successful the mediate order.

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The different volition beryllium filled by either Head oregon Khawaja, the second scoring back-to-back centuries past month.

Scott Boland has reportedly earned a spot among the backup quicks, on with Jhye Richardson and Sean Abbott, down the incumbent trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc.

Skipper Tim Paine volition not play a Shield lucifer up of the series, which starts connected December 8 astatine the Gabba.

Henry Hunt, Bryce Street and Matt Renshaw could besides diagnostic connected an extended database to diagnostic successful an interior signifier squad crippled from December 1 to 3.

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