Canberra: Cricket Australia announced the Australian squad for the ODI series against Pakistan.

The national team will visit Australia in November. In this tour, the two teams will play three ODI and three T20 matches.

The Australian team squad for ODI matches against Pakistan has been announced, led by Pat Cummins.

Shane Abbott, Cooper Connolly, Jack Fraser McGurk, Aaron Hardy, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Ingles, Marnus Libuschen, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoins and Adam Zampa were included in the Australian squad for the ODI series.

Australian cricketers Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head are on parental leave so they have not been included in the squad.

Australian Chief Selector's Statement

Regarding the Australian team squad, Chief Selector George Bailey said that this is the last one-day series before the Champions Trophy, so an effort has been made to maintain balance in the squad.

George Bailey stated there is an opportunity for his squad to increase their experience for the Champions Trophy in Pakistan in February.

It is pertinent to note that ODI matches between Pakistan and Australia will be played on November 4, 8, and 10. On the other hand, the Australian team for T20 matches will be announced later.

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced squad for the second and third Test matches against England, which will be played in Multan and Rawalpindi on 15 and 24 October, respectively.

Taking into consideration the current form and fitness of key players and looking ahead to Pakistan’s future assignments in the 2024-25 international cricket season, the selectors have decided to give rest to Babar Azam, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, and Shaheen Shah Afridi. Abrar Ahmed, (who is recovering from dengue fever, was unavailable for selection.

The four players have been replaced by Haseebullah, Mehran Mumtaz, Kamran Ghulam (all uncapped), fast bowler Mohammad Ali, and off-spinner Sajid Khan. Noman Ali and Zahid Mehmood, who were initially part of the original squad but were subsequently released, have also been included in the 16-player squad.

Squad (for 2nd and 3rd Tests): Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Haseebullah (wicket-kepeer), Kamran Ghulam, Mehran Mumtaz, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha and Zahid Mehmood.

 

NEW YORK -- Kodai Senga will start Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers on Sunday, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza announced Saturday. Sean Manaea will start Game 2 on Monday.

Game 1 starter is the spot the Mets envisioned for Senga when they reported for spring training with the right-hander as their ace. Getting there, however, went sideways.

Senga didn't make his season debut until July 26 after beginning the season on the injured list with a strained posterior capsule in his right shoulder. He exited that July outing in the sixth inning with a strained calf that knocked him out for the remainder of the regular season. Only the Mets reaching the postseason could offer Senga a path back to the mound in 2024.

That happened, and Senga returned to toss two innings in Game 1 of the NL Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. He allowed one run -- a leadoff home run in the first inning to Kyle Schwarber -- and had three strikeouts in the Mets' 6-2 road win.

This time, Senga will encounter a dangerous Dodgers lineup in Los Angeles with a longer leash. Mendoza said Senga could log at least three innings. Senga declined to put a limit on his start.

"There's not a number I have in mind," the 31-year-old Senga said through an interpreter. "I'm going until they take the ball away from me. And I'm going to go 100% until then."

The Mets chose to have Senga start Game 1 over Manaea, the team's ace since July, on regular rest after the left-hander held the Phillies to one run over seven innings in their NLDS-clinching Game 4 win.

"From the beginning, we wanted to put our guys in what we felt was the best position to have success," Mendoza said, "considering where they are physically."

One factor in the decision, Mendoza noted, was keeping Senga, a very routine-oriented pitcher, "as close as possible to his routine." But that could change later in the series.

Senga has been tasked to pitch on normal rest -- four days between starts -- in just three of his 31 starts since joining the Mets last season from Japan. He posted a 4.61 ERA across 13⅔ innings in those outings. The fourth time could come in a potential Game 5 at Citi Field.

"I'm ready for anything," Senga said. "I don't anticipate getting to 100 pitches tomorrow. And how many days I have in between it, it doesn't matter at this point. We need to win the game, so whenever they call on me, I'm ready."