Maxwell to return for final India T20s as CA reshuffles

Glenn Maxwell has been cleared to return from a fractured wrist and will play in the final three Twenty20 internationals against India, Cricket Australia said on Friday as the national selectors reshuffled white-ball squads while managing players' workloads ahead of next year's Ashes. The 37-year-old allrounder is named for matches three to five of the five-match T20 series, which begins in Canberra on October 29, with Ben Dwarshuis, Mahli Beardman and wicketkeeper-batter Josh Philippe also added to the squad.

Cricket Australia announced the changes after Australia secured the three-match One-Day International series by winning the first two games. Maxwell had been sidelined after suffering a fractured wrist while bowling in the nets before a T20 series in New Zealand and was left out of the original India selection while recovering. He will rejoin the squad for the concluding T20 fixtures, Dwarshuis will be available for the fourth and fifth matches, Beardman from the third match onwards, and Philippe is included across the T20 series.

The reconfiguration also manages the workload of established fast bowlers. Josh Hazlewood will be released from T20 duties after the second...