Just five of Australia's Test stars have been named to play in the beginning Shield circular as the state try to navigate wounds and player control
In the opening Sheffield Shield round of the summer, Australia's Test batters Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, and Mitchell Marsh have been chosen, but Steven Smith wo n't play for New South Wales because his starting starting batting position has not yet been determined.
Despite not having any international commitments until November, only five of Australia's incumbent Test XI will play for their states when the opening round of the Shield season begins on Tuesday while the injury toll from Australia's limited-overs tour of the UK has continued with Cameron Green ( back ), Matthew Short (adductor ), Sean Abbott ( hamstring ), and Aaron Hardie (quad ) also missing the opening round.
Nathan Lyon will play while Head and Alex Carey have been named for South Australia, but it may be Head's only appearance in Shield cricket before the upcoming birth of his second child. Smith, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood are not in the New South Wales ( NSW) squad for their opening game against South Australia.
Smith, Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood are being set for the next Shield large against Victoria at the MCG, which is expected to remain Scott Boland's second match of the year for Victoria as he is being rested from the beginning round while he builds up his ball load following off-season foot and leg problems. There is a chance, though, that Australia's big three quicks might not play at all for NSW and will instead use the ODI series against Pakistan to build up for the India Test series.
Due to his back injury, Green has n't been named for Western Australia against Queensland, as expected, and it's not yet known how long he will be out. Given Green's injury, Marsh has been given the name, but he will likely only start as a batter as he carefully builds up his red-ball batting prowess. Due to a quad issue, Harrison was originally scheduled to play as a batter only, but he has since been cut from the squad.
For only his second first-class game, Western Australia have chosen Cooper Connolly and Josh Inglis. But Cricket Australia contracted quicks Lance Morris and Jhye Richardson are unavailable, while experienced seamer Joel Paris is also missing with a calf issue. Morris is a chance to play in round two for WA. Richardson has been named for WA's Second XI against South Australia this week and has been placed under bowling restrictions, but he wo n't be available for Shield cricket until after the BBL because he is being carefully managed and is being managed. Mahli Beardman, who was a shock call-up to Australia's ODI tour of the UK as a reserve player, is also playing in the Second XI match alongside uncontracted spinner Ashton Agar.
Glenn Maxwell is unavailable for the opening Shield round for Victoria but may play in the second against NSW with the Test tour of Sri Lanka on the horizon. Victoria captain Will Sutherland will miss the opening round as he is still managing a back issue despite playing and bowling in the opening two One-Day Cup games last week. Victoria will be led by Peter Handscomb. Riley Meredith returned to club cricket in Tasmania earlier than expected after suffering a side injury during Australia's tour of the UK. He bowled seven overs on Saturday for Clarence but he was not named in Tasmania's squad for the clash with Victoria. He should be fully fit to return in round two.
The state teams are being severely challenged at present as they plan for the opening four rounds due to the huge injury toll among Australia's contracted and fringe players and the scheduling of two Australia A-India A matches in late October and early November on top of the ODI and T20I series against Pakistan.
The careful management of Australia's Test stars and players on the fringes like Boland, Morris and now Hardie, combined with the injury toll that includes Green, Short, Abbott, Ben Dwarshuis ( pectoral ), Xavier Bartlett ( side ), Nathan Ellis ( hamstring ), and Spencer Johnson ( side ) means that most state teams will have major turnover in their XIs across the first month of the season.
Western Australia squad
Sam Whiteman ( capt ), Cameron Bancroft, Hilton Cartwright, Brody Couch, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Gannon, Jayden Goodwin, Josh Inglis, Matt Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Corey Rocchiccioli, Charlie Stobo
Queensland squad
Marnus Labuschagne ( capt ), Jack Clayton, Liam Guthrie, Lachlan Hearne, Usman Khawaja, Ben McDermott, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Tom Straker, Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth
NSW squad
Ollie Davies, Jack Edwards, Matthew Gilkes, Ryan Hadley, Liam Hatcher, Moises Henriques ( capt ), Sam Konstas, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Jack Nisbet, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha
South Australia squad
Jordan Buckingham, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Daniel Drew, Travis Head, Henry Hunt, Ben Manenti, Nathan McAndrew, Conor McInerney, Nathan McSweeney ( capt ), Lloyd Pope, Liam Scott
Victoria squad
Peter Handscomb ( capt ), Ash Chandrasinghe, Xavier Crone, Sam Elliott, Sam Harper, Marcus Harris, Campbell Kellaway, Cam McClure, Jon Merlo, Todd Murphy, Fergus O'Neill, Mitch Perry, Tom Rogers
Tasmania squad
Gabe Bell, Jake Doran, Kieran Elliott, Brad Hope, Caleb Jewell, Matt Kuhnemann, Lawrence Neil-Smith, Mitch Owen, Jordan Silk ( capt ), Charlie Wakim, Tim Ward, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster
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