The Australian women’s team beat New Zealand by 232 runs Wednesday to record its 21st consecutive win in one-day international cricket and equal a world mark set by Ricky Ponting’s Australian men’s team in 2003.
The series, India's first since February-March contest in New Zealand, is set to start on December 3 but there is still some confusion over the venues since different Australian states have different lockdown protocols.
While players from the England and West Indies teams took the symbolic position on the field before the start of every match in their three-Test series in July, the same has not happened during Australia's tour of England.
The next ODI World Cup is scheduled to be held in India in 2023 and Ponting believes Australia have "work to do" on their one-day cricket ahead of the quadrennial event.
Khawaja was also not included in the team for the home Test series against Pakistan and New Zealand following his omission from the 2019 Ashes and it has been more than a year since he last played for the national team.
Eoin Morgan's side had defeated Australia by eight wickets at Edgbaston en route to becoming world champions on home turf in 2019.
Langer came in as coach after that scandal — with Australia, as he put it on Wednesday, “at crisis point” — and then had to pick up his demoralized and depleted team after a 5-0 whitewash at the hands of England in an ODI series soon after.
Australia is following the West Indies, Ireland and Pakistan in travelling to England for international games, and Finch said he has been watching them all back home.
According to the Future Tours Programme (FTP) of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Australia were to host Afghanistan in November, immediately after the now postponed men's T20 World Cup.
Tim Paine's run is likely to end with the next Ashes at home next year and Cricket Australia will look for a new captain.
It is the first Australian national sports team to travel overseas since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the schedule of three one-day internationals and three Twenty20s will be played under strict bio-secure protocols.
Alex Carey shared the vice-captaincy of Australia with Pat Cummins in limited-overs, but the bowler was recently named the sole player in the role.
Labuschagne will join a squad of 21 for the three-match T20I series starting September 4 which will be followed by an ODI series after a long lay-off from international cricket due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finch said he is targetting to end his career on a high with a World Cup final appearance in 2023.
Preparing for Australia’s cricket tour to England next month has been a different experience for the opening batter who will lead a squad of 21 for a series of three Twenty20 games and three one-day internationals next month.
The 31-year-old had scored three centuries during the four-Test series in India in 2017 but Australia still ended up losing 1-2 and a Test win against Virat Kohli and his men ranks high in his list.
Australia were scheduled to host West Indies in a three-match T20I series in October.
Warner, who made a successful return to international cricket after serving a one-year ban for ball-tampering, has three daughters with wife Candice.
Perry and Toomua got engaged in August 2014 and tied the knot in December 2015.
All-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who hasn't played for Australia since last October, made the cut to the list, while Handscomb, Shaun Marsh and Nathan Coulter-Nile were ignored.
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