Khawaja to captain Australia A team

Batsman Usman Khawaja will captain Australia A on a tour of India in July.

Khawaja will lead an Australia A squad featuring Test discard Joe Burns, who missed selection for the Test tours of the West Indies and England.

Paceman Pat Cummins has been included for the A tour in what will be his return to four-day cricket – he hasn’t played in the long form since July 2013 because of back stress fractures.

Enigmatic batsman Glenn Maxwell, wicketkeeper Matthew Wade and spinner Steve O’Keefe are other members of the A squad with Test experience.

Australia A four-day squad:

Usman Khawaja (capt), Matthew Wade (vice-capt), Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Joe Burns, Patrick Cummins, Andrew Fekete, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Stephen O’Keefe, Gurinder Sandhu, Marcus Stoinis.

Australia A one-day squad:

Usman Khawaja (capt), Matthew Wade (vice-capt), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Cameron Boyce, Joe Burns, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Patrick Cummins, Callum Ferguson, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Gurinder Sandhu, Adam Zampa.

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