Marsh back to lead Australia in WI T20Is

Agency:

Mitchell Marsh will captain Australia on his return to the Twenty20 squad named Wednesday for a five-match series in the West Indies (WI), while explosive batsman Mitchell Owen earned a first call-up.

Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is back, having been rested for Australia’s last T20 series against Pakistan in November, and left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann makes the squad for the first time.

Marsh missed the Pakistan series and has recovered from a lower back injury that kept him out of the Champions Trophy earlier this year.

Australia’s Test and 50-over captain Pat Cummins, Travis Head and Mitchell Starc were left out of the 16-man squad for the series next month.

They will return to Australia following three Tests against the West Indies beginning on June 25.
Young batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk was dropped, but there was a maiden call-up for the 23-year-old Owen after a Big Bash League season where he was the highest run scorer and made a memorable 108 off 42 balls in the final.