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Defending champions England and former World Cup winners Australia have sprung some surprises when they named their World Cup squads. Mitchell Marsh’s Australia have surprisingly opted to drop Steve Smith and even more surprisingly Jake Fraser-McGurk doesn’t make the final 15.

Addressing the absence of the Delhi Capitals player, chief selector George Bailey has suggested he is part of the ‘long term’ conversation. 

Matthew Wade surprisingly makes the cut it can be argued, but the Hobart Hurricanes skipper comes with a wealth of experience.

Apart from that, it can be argued that the 2020 World T20 champions have a squad that picks itself, maybe David Warner could have made way for Fraser-McGurk.

England, who were also 2019 0DI World Cup winners, have named their squad as they look to post a strong defence of the title they won in Australia two years ago.

Jofra Archer, who was crucial to England at Lords in the 2019 ODI final, has only played a handful of games in the past two seasons but is still named in the T20 squad. Chris Woakes, a winner of the World T20 trophy and ODI trophy misses out.

Fellow Barbados-born English all-rounder Chris Jordan is recalled. After impressing in the test series against India in the Sub Continent, Tom Hartley is named in England’s squad.

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