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Australia coach Andrew McDonald.
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Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has indicated that difficult decisions may have to be made over the participation of the team’s leading Test players in next year’s Indian Premier League as the side prepares for an intense international schedule leading into the Ashes.
Australia’s 12-month workload includes 20 Tests and 14 white-ball internationals, beginning with the two-Test series against Bangladesh in Darwin and Mackay. The schedule will eventually take the team through a five-Test tour of India before a five-Test Ashes series in England, according to Cricinfo.
“I know people will start talking about the IPL and filling that time, and what does that look like,” McDonald told Cricinfo. “I’ve said this before, the IPL is part of our management plan for a lot of our players, and to expose our best players in what I believe is the best competition in terms of T20 cricket has its performance benefits as well. You’ve just got to balance that out.”
Australia’s leading Test players Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Cameron Green and Travis Head are currently associated with IPL franchises, while wicketkeeper Josh Inglis is also part of Lucknow Super Giants’ squad.