Australia will face Zimbabwe in a three-match ODI series on 28 August, 31 and 3 September, with all three matches played at the Riverway Stadium in Townsville. This will be followed by three ODIs against New Zealand on September 6, 8 and 11 at the Kajlis Stadium in Cairns.
Adam Zampa missed the entire Sri Lanka tour due to the birth of his first child, and returned to cement Australia’s spin ranks. Ashton Agar will also be back after a side strain that kept him out of the last four ODIs in Sri Lanka.
Cummins played four out of five ODIs in Sri Lanka after taking rest from the T20I series. But Australia’s national selection panel decided to rest him from the upcoming series against Zimbabwe and New Zealand to freshen up ahead of the home T20 World Cup and a huge Test summer that includes five home Tests against West Indies and South Africa. Simultaneously, Australia has to travel to India for four Test matches early next year.
Travis Head will also miss both the ODI series as he is expecting the birth of his first child during that period. Sean Abbott has returned to the ODI squad in place of Cummins after missing the entire tour of Sri Lanka due to a broken finger he suffered on the eve of the opening T20I in the nets in Colombo.
Marcus Stoinis will also be back after a side strain that saw him fly home from Sri Lanka early. Australia named a truncated squad of 15 for the six ODIs against Zimbabwe and New Zealand, with Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Kuhneman, Josh Inglis and Jhye Richardson all left out of the group to be played in Sri Lanka.
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The timing of the series has implications for teams of four The Hundred, with Glenn Maxwell (London Spirit), Zampa (Welsh Fire), Stoinis (Southern Brave), and Abbott (Manchester Originals) unavailable for the back end of the tournament. ready to be. Because he is likely to return to Australia a week before the first ODI on August 28.
Meanwhile, bowling coach Daniel Vettori will remain at the Hundred solely as coach of the Birmingham Phoenix, thus missing both Australia’s assignments.