When will Australia’s 2019 Ashes squad be announced?

Dixit Bhargav | 25/07/2019
When will Australia's 2019 Ashes squad be announced?

Australia’s 2019 Ashes squad: Cricket Australia have confirmed the final date and time for Australia’s 2019 Ashes squad selection.

It is that time of the cricketing calendar when the most historic and arguably the best Test series will be played. The latest edition of the Ashes will commence from August 1 at Edgbaston.

With both teams coming on the back of successful campaigns in the recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, it would be interesting to see how well they make the transition against each other in Test cricket. While England eventually won the World Cup, Australia made it to the semi-finals.

In the build-up to the series, England are playing Ireland in a one-off Test at Lord’s. In what came as an unexpected turn of events, Ireland bundled out England for 85 in 23.4 overs.

Australia’s 2019 Ashes squad

As far as Australia’s preparation is concerned, 24 Australian players have just finished a four-day (three) practice which was being played among two teams of 12 players each. The match saw bowlers dominating the proceedings from the word go as no team could post more than 170 runs in four innings.

As far as batsmen are concerned, only David Warner (58) and Cameron Bancroft (93*) could register individual half-centuries. Among the bowlers, Peter Siddle (6), Mitchell Marsh (6), Pat Cummins (5) and Michael Nesser (4) were among the wickets.

Given the performances in the match, it is likely to affect the selection albeit in a small manner. Just when there were plentiful queries regarding when the Australian squad will be announced, National Selector Trevor Hohns has revealed the exact date and time for the same.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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