SEVERAL months after losing his Cricket Australia contract and being dropped from the national ODI team, Launceston all-rounder James Faulkner is back in business.
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Faulkner, 27, was left out of Australia’s Champions Trophy squad after earning man of the match honours in the 2015 World Cup final.
However, he will tour India between September 17 and October 19 after being included in a 14-man squad on Friday along with Tasmanian teammate Matthew Wade.
Tasmanian Tiger Tim Paine, 32, also retained his spot as Australian wicket-keeper for the T20 leg.
“James Faulkner is a solid One-Day campaigner and is very familiar with sub-continent conditions, coming off a very good tour of Sri Lanka last year,” ODI squad national selector Trevor Hohns said.
“We hope that he will take his chance in returning to the one-day side.”
T20 national selector Mark Waugh said Paine was picked on the back of solid international showing at home against Sri Lanka in February and Big Bash campaigns.
AUSSIE SELECTION
ODI SQUAD
Steve Smith (C), David Warner (VC), Patrick Cummins, Josh Hazlewood (NSW), Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Marcus Stoinis, Nathan Coulter-Nile (WA), James Faulkner, Matthew Wade (TAS), Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch (VIC), Travis Head and Adam Zampa (SA).
T20 SQUAD
Steve Smith (C), David Warner (VC), Patrick Cummins, Moises Henriques (NSW), Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile (WA), Tim Paine (TAS), Dan Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch (VIC), Travis Head, Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa (SA).
Corey Martin
Having started at The Examiner as a cadet in 2009, I have held various positions telling the stories of Northern Tasmanians in sport and news. I was appointed deputy editor in 2019 and became editor in September 2021.
Having started at The Examiner as a cadet in 2009, I have held various positions telling the stories of Northern Tasmanians in sport and news. I was appointed deputy editor in 2019 and became editor in September 2021.
