Paine retains captaincy for South Africa tour, Wade dropped

Cricket Australia has thrown its support behind Tim Paine, naming him as captain for the tour of South Africa.

But Matthew Wade’s Test career is in serious doubt, dropped after a poor series with the bat against India, while uncapped leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha was the bolter in Australia’s Twenty20 squad for the tour of New Zealand.

Tim Paine has retained the captaincy.Credit:AP

Test squad: Tim Paine (c), Pat Cummins, Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.

T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Matthew Wade (vc), Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Mitchell Marsh
Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams, Tanveer Sangha, D’Arcy Short, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.

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