{"id":110250,"date":"2021-08-02T07:09:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T07:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=110250"},"modified":"2021-08-02T07:57:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T07:57:23","slug":"australia-name-wade-captain-for-bangladesh-t20s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=110250","title":{"rendered":"Australia name Wade captain for Bangladesh T20s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dhaka:<\/span>\u00a0Australia on Monday named wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade captain for the five-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh in the absence of the injured Aaron Finch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finch aggravated a knee injury in the lead-up to the recent T20 series in the West Indies that Australia lost 4-1, and did not travel to Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Wade led Australia against India in December when Finch was injured. He has also captained Victoria, Tasmania and the Hobart Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

He said he was optimistic after Australia recovered from the T20 drubbing to beat the West Indies 2-1 in the one-day international series.<\/p>\n

“We haven’t changed focus too much, coming with not a lot of\u00a0cricket\u00a0probably took us a few games to get going against West Indies. I am expecting good results over here,” Wade told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got good leaders in the group and experienced bowlers as well so probably where my leadership will come in a bit more is with our batting group.”<\/p>\n

Wade will lead a depleted side that is missing Steve Smith, David Warner and Glenn Maxwell.<\/p>\n

Australia will also be without fast bowler Riley Meredith, who suffered a side strain and was ruled out of the series on Monday.<\/p>\n

Young Tasmanian paceman Nathan Ellis has been brought into the squad.<\/p>\n

Batsman Ben McDermott, however, has recovered from the ankle injury he suffered having crashed into sideline advertising boards in Barbados.<\/p>\n

Australia will play five T20s against Bangladesh at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla national stadium starting Tuesday behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh have never won a T20 match against Australia.<\/p>\n

Read:\u00a0Aaron Finch injured, Alex Carey to captain Australia against West Indies<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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