MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Jake Fraser-McGurk will bid to fill the vacuum left by David Warner at the top of Australia’s batting order after being confirmed in the white-ball squads for the tour of Britain in September.
Warner bowed out of international cricket with Australia’s exit from the T20 World Cup, and the hard-hitting Fraser-McGurk has been seen as his natural successor following his sensational Indian Premier League campaign.
Uncapped in T20Is, Fraser-McGurk was included in Australia’s World Cup squad as a reserve player but never got a chance to shine on the global stage.
The 22-year-old was named in both Australia’s T20 and ODI squads on Monday for the tour which starts Sept. 4 with three T20s against Scotland in Edinburgh.
The tour then heads south for another three T20s and five ODIs against England.
Mitchell Marsh will captain both the white-ball squads, with pace bowler Pat Cummins sitting out the tour to rest for the five-test India series over the home summer.
Uncapped Western Australian Cooper Connolly, a 20-year-old batsman, has been called up for his first squad, while Matthew Wade and Ashton Agar have been omitted as selectors look to the future.
Australia T20 squad:
Mitchell Marsh (capt), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
Australia ODI squad: Mitch Marsh (capt), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
