Australia squads update

For all passionate Australian supporters, as well as passionate cricket fans, last week came a big announcement from Cricket Australia. The squad for the Ashes tour of 2013 was announced. There were plenty of queries about players after the disastrous tour of India. In the lead-up to the announcement, there was further intrigue with Shane Watson stepping down from his vice-captain role.

Along with this the squad for the Australia Tour of Ireland, Scotland and England was announced, and a few days later, the 15 man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy.

Obviously, with all these teams, I want to complete a full analysis, however due to limited time, for the moment, I will just list below the squads. At a later date, I will post analyses of the three Australian squads. So stay tuned.

Test Squad for Ashes Tour
Michael Clarke (c)
Brad Haddin (vc,wk)
Jackson Bird
Ed Cowan
James Faulkner
Ryan Harris
Phil Hughes
Usman Khawaja
Nathan Lyon
Chris Rogers
James Pattinson
Peter Siddle
Mitchell Starc
Matthew Wade (wk)
David Warner
Shane Watson
  
Australia A Squad (First Class)
Brad Haddin (c, wk)
Steve Smith
Ashton Agar
Jackson Bird
Alex Doolan
Ryan Harris
Moises Henriques
Usman Khawaja
Nathan Lyon
Nic Maddinson
James Pattinson
Chadd Sayers
Peter Siddle
Jordan Silk

Australia squad for ICC Champions Trophy
Michael Clarke (c)
George Bailey (vc)
Nathan Coulter-Nile
Xavier Doherty
James Faulkner
Phillip Hughes
Mitchell Johnson
Mitchell Marsh
Glen Maxwell
Clint McKay
Mitchell Starc
Adam Voges
Matthew Wade (wk)
David Warner
Shane Watson