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Cricket Australia have announced the squad to play New Zealand for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy in a three-game one-day international series, with Nathan Lyon being dropped in favour of Adam Zampa, and no room for Usman Khawaja.
“We have selected Adam Zampa as the spinning option for this tour in place of Nathan Lyon,” said national selector Rod Marsh.
“We want Nathan to use the NSW versus West Australia Sheffield Shield match in New Zealand as preparation for the Test Series and this will give us a chance to have a good look at Adam ahead of the ICC World T20.
“Adam has certainly put forward a strong case for selection through good performances in the KFC Big Bash as well as the Matador Cup earlier in the season and we think he has thoroughly earned this opportunity.
Otherwise the 14-man squad is largely the same as that which contested the fifth and final ODI against India in Sydney on Saturday night.
That means there is no room in the squad for Khawaja, who scored 345 runs in four innings during the Big Bash League, as well three centuries and one half-century in five Test innings over the summer (his only low-scoring innings was 9*).
“We know one of the biggest challenges we will face in New Zealand is adapting to the change in conditions,” said Marsh. “It has been well documented that this is something we have struggled with in recent times and a major focus for this squad will be to reverse that trend.
“The New Zealand side will be very tough to beat in their home conditions. We know we will need to be at the top of our game if we want to be competitive.”
The squad
Steve Smith (c) NSW
David Warner (vc) NSW
George Bailey TAS
Scott Boland VIC
James Faulkner TAS
Aaron Finch VIC
John Hastings VIC
Josh Hazlewood NSW
Mitchell Marsh WA
Shaun Marsh WA
Glenn Maxwell VIC
Kane Richardson SA
Matthew Wade VIC
Adam Zampa SA
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