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All eyes will be on Steve Smith and David Warner in the upcoming cricket mega-event, as Austra🃏lia start off their ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 campaign against minnows Afghanistan on June 1.
The duo will make a comebꦇack in international cricket after completing a 12-month suspension for their role in the ball-tampering scandal during the Test series against S🙈outh Africa in Cape Town last year. The batting unit will be led by the skipper Aaron Finch along with Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Warner, and Smith.
In the 15-man squad, Cricket Australia have also named two all-rounder🐻s in the form of Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell. Meanwhile, the pace battery will be spearheaded by Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins. The other seamers that have been named are Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jhye Richardson and Jason Behrendorff.
Complete squad:
Aaron Finch (c), Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Nathan Coulter♉-Nile, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa.
Australia’s Schedule and Fixtures at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019:
1. Australia vs Afghanistan
Date: June 1, 2019 (Saturday), 6:00 pm IST, 8:30 pm ꦕSGT
Venue: County Ground, Bristol
2. Australia vs West Indies
Date: June 6, 2019 (Thursday), 3:00 PM IST, 5:30 PM S🐷GT
Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
3. Australia vs India
Date: J🌳une 9, 2019 (Sunday), 3:00 PM IST, 5:30 P༺M SGT
Venue: The Oval, London
4. Australia vs Pakistan
ꦆDate: June 12, 2019 (Wednesday), 3:🔥00 PM IST, 5:30 PM SGT
Venue: County Ground, Taunton
5. Australia vs Sri Lanka
Date: June 15, 201ꦬ9 (Saturday), 3:00 PM ꦇIST, 5:30 PM SGT
Venue: The Oval, London
6. Australia vs Bangladesh
Date: Jꦡune 20, 2019 (Thursdꦆay), 3:00 PM IST, 5:30 PM SGT
Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
7. Australia vs England
Date: June 25, 2019 (Tue🧸sday), 3:00 PM IST, 5:30 PM SGT
Venue: Lord’s, London
8. Australia vs New Zealand
Date: June 29, ෴2019 (Saturday), 6:00 PM IST, 8:30 PM SGT
Venue: Lord’s, London
9. Australia vs South Africa
Date: July 6, 2019🐬 (Saturday), 6:00 PM IST, 8:30 PM SGT
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester