Australian International Summer 2025/26

[PatowalongaPirate]

Australia's first Test Ashes squad

Steve Smith (captain)

Sean Abbott

Scott Boland

Alex Carey (wk)

Brendan Doggett

Cameron Green

Josh Hazlewood

Travis Head

Josh Inglis

Usman Khawaja

Marnus Labuschagne

Nathan Lyon

Mitch Starc

Jake Weatherald

Beau Webster

[Armchair expert]

The spud



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[Jim05]

How is Abbott even close?

[The Dark Knight]

How is Abbott even close?

My assumption with Abbott being continually selected for Aus is that the selectors like him/think they can rely on him because he's never had any long breaks because his career through injury, he's always been available to play when others maybe haven't been available plus I think they like him as a bowling allrounder.

I like others on here also question why him but I sort of get it from a selectors point of view. Off the back of that I've heard the guys from Wisden (talking about Will Jacks being selected in England's squad actually) and Jarrod Kimber talk about cricket fans getting obsessed about the 14th/15th/16th player selected in a squad and that there's no point worrying about it because they usually don't play anyway and only do under extreme circumstances.

Great reward or Weatherald and Doggett being selected and the rest pick themselves really.

[pmackk]

Sean Abbott Aha let’s hope we don’t play him otherwise we are in trouble.

[Armchair expert]

How is Abbott even close?

My assumption with Abbott being continually selected for Aus is that the selectors like him/think they can rely on him because he's never had any long breaks because his career through injury, he's always been available to play when others maybe haven't been available plus I think they like him as a bowling allrounder.

I like others on here also question why him but I sort of get it from a selectors point of view. Off the back of that I've heard the guys from Wisden (talking about Will Jacks being selected in England's squad actually) and Jarrod Kimber talk about cricket fans getting obsessed about the 14th/15th/16th player selected in a squad and that there's no point worrying about it because they usually don't play anyway and only do under extreme circumstances.

Great reward or Weatherald and Doggett being selected and the rest pick themselves really.

Yep Abbott the breakglass option if Cummins batting is being missed desperately.