Australia have omitted their star pace trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc for the upcoming white-ball series against England. The veteran seamers, who played all three Tests in the recent 2-1 series defeat by South Africa, have been rested for the three-match ODI series starting in Perth on 13 November.
Cummins and Hazlewood have also been left out of the five-match T20 series beginning on 21 November, while Starc, 36, has already retired from the format. Fast bowler Mahli Beardman, 21, has been named in both squads and could make his international debut in ODIs, while uncapped wicketkeepers Sam Harper and Lachlan Shaw have been included for the T20s.
Squad Changes
Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis and Matt Renshaw, who also featured in the South Africa Tests, are included for the ODIs but not the T20s. Although Cummins, 33, formally remains the ODI captain, he has played only one 50-over fixture since November 2024, and Mitchell Marsh, Australia's T20 skipper, will again lead the ODI side.
Seamer Nathan Ellis is only in the T20 squad after a side strain, while Jack Edwards is named in both squads following his ODI debut on the South Africa tour. All-rounder Liam Scott returns to the ODI squad, and spinners Nikhil Chaudhary and Joel Davies are selected for the T20s. Top-order batters Jake Fraser-McGurk and Mitchell Owen return to the T20 setup, while Tim David is only picked for the shorter format.
Upcoming Schedule
The first ODI is scheduled for 13 November at 03:30 GMT. Following the final T20 on 2 December, Australia face a heavy pre-Ashes Test schedule: a four-match home series against New Zealand from 9 December, a five-Test tour of India from 21 January, a one-off Test against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 March, a possible World Test Championship final at The Oval on 9 June, and the five-Test Ashes series from 18 June to 2 August. The next ODI World Cup in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe begins on 7 October.
The veteran pace trio have played limited one-day cricket since their 2023 World Cup triumph. Cummins has featured in three ODIs, Hazlewood in 14 and Starc in 11 of Australia's 35 matches in that period, with only one appearance together against Pakistan in November 2024. All three missed the Champions Trophy in February 2025.
