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Australia accelerated bowler Pat Cummins was ruled retired connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) for adjacent month's Twenty20 World Cup aft failing to retrieve from a nagging back injury, and Ben Dwarshuis volition regenerate him for the planetary showpiece.
Cummins played conscionable 1 of the 5 Ashes tests against England, but Australia kept him successful the provisional World Cup squad hoping for his availability successful the Super Eight signifier of the tourney to beryllium played successful India and Sri Lanka.
Matt Renshaw besides replaced chap batter Matthew Short but veteran Steve Smith could not interruption into the World Cup squad contempt his beardown signifier successful the Big Bash League.
"With Pat needing much clip to retrieve from his backmost injury, Ben is simply a acceptable replacement who offers a left-arm gait enactment arsenic good arsenic dynamic fielding and late-order hitting," selector Tony Dodemaide said.
"We judge his quality to plaything the shot astatine good gait on with clever variations volition beryllium well suited to the conditions we expect and wide operation of the squad."
The Mitchell Marsh-led broadside are presently playing a three-match T20 bid successful Pakistan arsenic portion of their mentation for the World Cup.
"With the apical bid settled and spin-heavy conditions expected successful the excavation stages successful Sri Lanka, we besides consciousness Matt provides other middle-order support, with Tim David completing his return-to-play programme successful the aboriginal signifier of the tournament," Dodemaide said of Renshaw's selection.
"As a left-hander, helium besides offers a constituent of quality to the middle-order batting."
Renshaw scored 15 successful his T20 debut for Australia successful Thursday's decision successful Lahore.
The erstwhile champions begin their World Cup run against Ireland successful a February 11 lucifer successful Colombo.
Australia World Cup squad:
Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Xavier Bartlett, Josh Hazlewood, Cooper Connolly, Josh Inglis, Tim David, Matthew Kuhnemann, Ben Dwarshuis, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Matthew Renshaw, Nathan Ellis, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty successful New Delhi; Editing by Tom Hogue)
