Australia rests Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood for England series

Australia has named separate 14-player squads for three one-day internationals and five Twenty20 matches against England, with Mitchell Marsh captaining both teams and Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood omitted. The squads were announced ahead of the series, which is scheduled to begin with the first ODI on November 13 and conclude with the fifth T20 on December 2. Australia’s selectors said the fast bowlers were being rested as the team manages workloads before a four-Test series against New Zealand beginning December 9. George Bailey, chair of selectors, said Australia’s players were moving directly from the South Africa tour into the England white-ball series, leaving limited time to prepare for the New Zealand Tests. He said players’ preparation would be planned around their physical and mental readiness. The explanation is the selectors’ stated rationale for the omissions. The ODI squad includes Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis and Matthew Renshaw, none of whom was selected for the T20 squad. The T20 group instead includes players such as Tim David, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sam Harper and Lachlan Shaw. Fraser-McGurk returns to...