Australia: David Warner in squad for World Test Championship and first two Ashes Tests

David Warner averaged conscionable 9.50 crossed 10 innings successful the 2019 Ashes, including 3 ducks and a apical people of 61

David Warner has been included successful the Australia squad for the World Test Championship last against India and the archetypal 2 Ashes Tests with England.

Fellow opening batters Marcus Harris and Matt Renshaw are besides included.

Australia play India astatine the Oval connected 7 June earlier Ashes Tests astatine Edgbaston and Lord's.

The Ashes bid concludes with Tests astatine Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval successful July.

Warner has a vocation batting mean of 45.57 but averaged conscionable 9.50 during his past bid successful England successful 2019, portion his double period against South Africa successful December is the lone clip helium has reached 3 figures successful the past 3 years.

"Not specifically to Dave, but I deliberation we'll get done that Test title and past commencement to person a look astatine what it looks like," said president of selectors George Bailey.

"Different opposition, antithetic surface. We'll enactment done that."

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All-rounder Mitchell Marsh returns to the squad for the archetypal clip since 2019 arsenic back-up to Cameron Green, portion England-born wicketkeeper Josh Inglis volition supply screen for Alex Carey.

Pat Cummins volition erstwhile again skipper the broadside with Steve Smith, who averaged 110.57 successful the 2019 Ashes, arsenic vice-captain.

Cummins is 1 of conscionable 4 frontline seam bowlers successful the squad on with Marsh, Josh Hazlewood and Scott Boland.

Bailey added that the selectors would reassess the squad earlier the last 3 Ashes with Sean Abbott and Michael Neser, who are playing region cricket for Surrey and Glamorgan respectively, imaginable seam bowling options.

Batter Peter Handscomb and spinners Ashton Agar, Mitchell Swepson and Matt Kuhnemann person been near retired from the squad which toured India successful February and March.

Bailey says Australia bash not fearfulness England and volition absorption connected their ain crippled contempt England's good signifier nether skipper Ben Stokes and manager Brendon McCullum.

England had won lone 1 of their erstwhile 17 Tests erstwhile Stokes and McCullum were appointed past spring, including a 4-0 Ashes bid decision down under, but person since won 10 of their past 12 matches by playing an ultra-aggressive, attacking benignant of cricket.

"I'm not definite we person feared teams successful the past, intelligibly they are playing immoderate truly bully cricket truthful we volition woody with that arsenic you bash with immoderate squad erstwhile you get there, but I deliberation our absorption volition beryllium chiefly connected the mode that we privation to play," said Bailey.

Australia squad

Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.