{"id":909,"date":"2015-09-15T05:29:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T05:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=909"},"modified":"2015-09-21T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T14:52:24","slug":"australia-announces-squad-for-bangladesh-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=909","title":{"rendered":"Australia announces squad for Bangladesh Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bangladesh-vs-Australia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-912\" src=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bangladesh-vs-Australia-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Bangladesh-vs-Australia\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bangladesh-vs-Australia-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bangladesh-vs-Australia-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bangladesh-vs-Australia.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Australia have announced the Test squad for next month&#8217;s tour of Bangladesh. Uncapped Western Australia batsman Cameron Bancroft and Tasmania pacer Andrew Fekete were named in the 15-man squad. The two Test series against the Tigers will mark the first full assignment for Steven Smith after taking over as full-time skipper of the Australian Test side, reported a number of news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Voges, who made his Test debut during the tour of West Indies, has been made the vice-captain of the visitor&#8217;s side. On the other hand, Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazlewood had been rested from the tour given their heavy workloads over the past few months, with Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle and Pat Cummins set to lead the pace attack. There were also recalls for Joe Burns, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell and spinner Steve O&#8217;Keefe, who made his Test debut in the UAE last year. The retirements of Michael Clarke, Chris Rogers, Brad Haddin, Shane Watson and Ryan Harris on or after the recent Ashes tour forced Australia&#8217;s selectors to look to the future with their squad for Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>The two-Test series starts in Chittagong on October 9. The Australians will depart for Bangladesh on September 28 ahead of a three-day warm-up game in Fatullah from October 3 to 5. The second will be played on October 17 in Dhaka. Australia Squad: Steve Smith (c), Adam Voges (vc), Cameron Bancroft, Joe Burns, Patrick Cummins, Andrew Fekete, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill, Stephen O&#8217;Keefe, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc.<\/p>\n<p>Source:dhakatribune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia have announced the Test squad for next month&#8217;s tour of Bangladesh. 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