Monday, March 30, 2015

Ashes 2015: Australia select Fawad Ahmed, overlook Glenn Maxwell


  • Leg spinner and batsman included in 17-man party

  • Maxwell misses out despite World Cup performances


Pounding Cricket World Cup hangovers may only have just abated but already Australian selectors have turned their focus to the next item on a busy agenda with the announcement of their squad to travel to the Caribbean to face West Indies and then on to England and Wales where they will dispute the 2015 Ashes series.


Leg spinner Fawad Ahmed was given the nod ahead of Ashton Agar as Australia’s second spinner alongside Nathan Lyon, while in-form batsman Adam Voges was rewarded for a stellar Sheffield Shield campaign with a spot in captain Michael Clarke’s travelling party.


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source Sport | The Guardian http://ift.tt/19CzMfo

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