Cummins, who is missing out on Australia\u2019s upcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka due to the birth of his second child, recently went for scans over an ankle problem he was managing while leading Australia to a 3-1 series win over India earlier this month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
While Cummins has been named as Australia\u2019s captain in the preliminary 15-man squad for the eight-team tournament starting on February 19, teams are allowed to make a change to their teams a week before their first match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI don\u2019t really have any more information than what I shared when we were announcing the Test squad a few days ago. I believe (Cummins) has had the scan, but I wanted to give him a little bit of space at the back end of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and obviously baby pending.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll work through that in good time. I\u2019ve got no idea what the scan has said or what it showed. I know he\u2019s very keen, so we\u2019ll work through that. That\u2019s always the challenge with the ICC requirements in terms of naming your squad this far out. I don\u2019t have a date for you in terms of a hard timeline,\u201d Bailey told reporters after announcing Australia\u2019s squad on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
All-rounder and T20I captain Mitchell Marsh looms as the stand-in captain if Cummins\u2019 misses the Champions Trophy. Another big call Australia made was to leave out young opener Jake-Fraser McGurk, who has struggled to get big runs at international and domestic levels.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In place of him, Australia have included Matt Short. \u201cAs far as Jake goes, I think he\u2019s still very young. We know that\u2019s going to be a journey. The skill set is still incredibly exciting. We\u2019ve got plenty of top order batters in the mix there.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt is a pretty preliminary squad. There will be opportunities to move should anyone get hit with injury or we need to change the balance of that for some reason in the lead-up,\u201d added Bailey.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia have a plethora of all-round options in Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, and Aaron Hardie, while Nathan Ellis was selected ahead of Sean Abbott in the fast-bowling department. Australia, who last won Champions Trophy in 2009, are in Group B alongside England, South Africa and Afghanistan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt is a pretty preliminary squad. There will be opportunities to move should anyone get hit with injury or we need to change the balance of that for some reason in the lead-up,\u201d added Bailey.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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