Ashton Charles Agar was born on October 14th, 1993 and is an Australian cricketer who plays all forms of the game internationally. Agar plays domestically for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers. As a left-handed spin bowler, he played two test matches for the Australian national team during the 2013 Ashes series.Agar was chosen in June 2013 to tour England, Scotland and Ireland with Australia A. Along with Fawad Ahmed, a Pakistani refugee who was granted Australian citizenship in early July 2013, he was widely considered a candidate for a final position on Australia's roster for the 2013 Ashes series in England. A place in the squad for a second weirdo behind Nathan Lyon had been reserved to be assigned to one of the two weirdos based on form prior to the tour.Named after his good form for Australia A, Agar was named to make his Test debut in the first Test of the series (played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham), replacing Lyon on the team on the previous tour. At the age of 19 years and 269 days, he became the twelfth youngest Australian playtester, as well as the youngest Australian since Archie Jackson (during the 1928-1929 series), who made his Test debut in the ashes. On debut, he scored 98 runs of 101 balls, finishing eleventh in Australia's first innings, and broke several Test records, including becoming the first player to score a number eleven batsman on his debut half a century, the highest score of a number eleven batsman and , with Phillip Hughes, highest partnership (163 runs) for tenth wicket.Agar played in the first two Tests of the series and, despite his debut batting performance, had very limited success with the ball, taking 0/24, 2/82, 0/44 and 0/98 for a bowling average of 124. He was subsequently dropped from the team for the third and fourth tests and returned home due to illness before the final test. Lyon replaced him in the team.&nbsp;During India's 2014-15 Australia tour, he was inducted into Australia's roster for the Fourth Test, a dead gum on a spin-friendly pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground, but he didn't play in the game, with Lyon being preferred as Australia's only spinner.In 2015, Agar was not granted a spot on The Ashes squad, but became a permanent fixture on the A-list roster. It would make its limited-edition debut after the Ashes series.He made his One Day International debut against England on September 8, 2015. [45] On March 6, 2016, he made his debut at Twenty20 International for Australia against South Africa.In 2017, Agar was recalled to Australia's testing site for their tour of Bangladesh, winning a total of 5 wickets in the first test match, as well as an impressive 41 that weren't knocked out in Australia's first innings. Despite their best efforts, Australia lost to Bangladesh for the first time in Test cricket. 

In April 2018 he received a national contract from Cricket Australia for the 2018/19 season.On February 21, 2020, in the first T20I match against South Africa, Agar became the second bowler for Australia and 13th overall to score a hat trick in a T20I match. He finished the match with numbers 5/24 from his four overs, his first five-wicket haul in a T20I match.In April 2020, Cricket Australia Agar signed a key contract ahead of the 2020/21 season. On July 16, 2020, Agar was named to a 26-strong provisional squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 14, 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the games would take place, with Agar being included in the touring party.On March 3, 2021, during the series against New Zealand, Agar had the best scores for a bowler for Australia and the fifth best scores overall in T20Is, with 6/30 of his four overs.

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Australia not afraid of Bangladesh's spin.

Australia's five match Twenty/20 series in Bangladesh revealed the team's spin weakness. However, Mirpur's spin-friendly conditions also played a big role. So, Australia is not afraid of Bangladeshi spinners ahead of their battle in ICC World Twenty/20.<img src="https://api.bdcrictime.com/2020-11-20-9-03_11_2021.jpg">Australia not afraid of Bangladesh's spin.

Not only spinners, Pacer Mustafizur Rahman also made Australian's sweat in Mirpur. However, Aussie spinner Ashton Agar thinks that Bangladeshi bowlers will not be a threat in Dubai unlike they were in Mirpur. 

Bangladesh will face Australia in their last match in the Seventh edition of the Twenty/20 World Cup on November 4. Agar appeared as Aussie's representative at the official press conference before the match. 


On a question of bdcrictime reporter he&nbsp;said, "Condition played a big role in making it difficult for Mustafiz to play. The way he used Off-spin, Slower balls like a spinner was&nbsp;great. However, there was a lot of reliance on wickets for such bowling. The same goes for spinners.'' 

The Aussie spinner said Mirpur's wicket were difficult for the batsmen of both the teams. And so he believes that even if Dubai's wicket is spin friendly, at least batsmen will not be intimidated like they were in Mirpur.<img src="https://api.bdcrictime.com/1022.6666666666666x767__origin__0x0_ashton_agar_press_conference-03_11_2021.jpg">I don't think it will be as spin-friendly as I saw in Bangladesh: Agar Agar says,"I had a lot of fun bowling in Mirpur. I don't think any of the batters of both the teams including Bangladesh enjoyed batting. It was like 120 runs on the scoreboard. But this is not commonly seen". 


 "Tomorrow's match will be depending on conditions. We have to be ready no matter what the condition is. But I don't think it will be as spin-friendly as I saw in Bangladesh," he concluded. 

 In reality, Bangladeshi spin attack leader Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Even Mustafiz is also out of rhythm, and was not in the line up&nbsp;during their last match.

Namibia's Frylinck surpasses Mustafizur to set new record in T20I cricket

Namibia all-rounder Jan Frylinck
has made a new milestone breaking Bangladesh star pacer Mustafizur Rahman’s
record. He now holds the record of best bowling figure by a left-arm pacer in
international T20 cricket.
<img src="https://api.bdcrictime.com/jan-frylinck-06_10_2021.jpg">Mustafizur showed great bowling
performance on Indian soil in the 2016 T20 World Cup. The left-arm pacer took
five wickets for 22 runs against New Zealand. For so long, Mustafizur's bowling
figure has been the best bowling figure by any left-arm pacer in the T20I
cricket.
After about five and a half
years, Namibia's 27-year-old left-arm pacer Frylinck set the new record. He set
the new record in the 18th T20I match of his career against the United Arab
Emirates in Dubai on Tuesday (October 5th). Frylinck took 6 wickets for 24 runs
in 4 overs.
Namibia also won this match in the
practice match for the T20 World Cup. They beat UAE by 17 runs.
Moreover, Frylink was the fifth
bowler only to take six wickets in the international T20 cricket. Earlier, Sri
Lanka's Ajantha Mendis, Australia's Ashton Agar, India's Yuzvendra Chahal and
Deepak Chahar have reached this milestone.
Frylinck was born in South Africa
and played for the South African U-19 team. But he didn’t get a chance at the
national level in the country’s cricket and moved to Namibia. Frylinck made his
international cricket debut in 2019 at the age of 25 with an ODI match for Namibia.

Australia's learnings from Bangladesh series ahead of T20 World Cup

Australia
were heavily dominated by Bangladesh in their recent five-match T20I series where the home
side won the series convincingly with a margin of 4-1. Let’s have a deep dive
into both positive and negative performances for the Aussies in this series. 
Positives:
Bowlers 
<img src="https://api.bdcrictime.com/aus-bowling-vs-bd.jpg" style="width: 489px; height: 340px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Australia's learnings from Bangladesh series ahead of T20 World Cup" alt="Australia's learnings from Bangladesh series ahead of T20 World Cup">Australia as
a bowling unit clicked perfectly in the sub-continental conditions. Aussie
pacers and spinners both&nbsp;caused ample problems in the Tigers batting line-up and
restricted them to low totals in each and every game.
Josh
Hazlewood was their pick of the pacers. He was the joint highest wicket taker in
the series despite playing a match less, picking up 8 scalps while averaging 10.62 with an economy rate of
5.42. He used his pace and variations to perfection to confine Bangladesh’s
batsmen, especially the openers. The likes of Soumya Sarkar struggled on a
regular basis against Hazlewood. 
The spin duo
of Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar were impressive as well. Zampa picked up 5
wickets with an economy of 6.25 and Agar picked up 3 wickets with an economy of
5.60. Both the spinners used the pitch conditions to their advantage and pegged
back the Tiger batters repetitively.
The other
bowlers like Mitchell Starc looked lethal in the 2 matches he played, taking 3
wickets. Another bowler look can hold his head high is Nathan Ellis. Ellis, who
debuted in this series picked up 5 wickets with an economy of 6.25, including a
debut hat-trick. He gave himself every opportunity to be called up for the T20 World
Cup squad of Australia.
Overall,
Australia should not be worried about their bowling attack in the T20 World Cup.

Mitchell Marsh
<img src="https://api.bdcrictime.com/mitch marsh.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 434px; height: 277px;" title="Australia's learnings from Bangladesh series ahead of T20 World Cup" alt="Australia's learnings from Bangladesh series ahead of T20 World Cup">With the
entire Aussie batting line-up stuttering around, Mitchell Marsh stood tall against
the dangerous looking Bangladesh bowlers. He was the highest run getter in the
series with 156 runs and averaging 31.2.
Marsh used his footwork well and played
positive cricket against Bangladesh’s spinners. He consistently scored runs and
looked solid whenever he was on the crease.
His impressive performance in this series and
the previous one against West Indies means that he is likely to feature in the
playing XI in the T20 World Cup.
Negatives:
The rest of the batting
<img src="https://api.bdcrictime.com/aus-vs-bd-.jpg" style="width: 455px; height: 331px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Australia's learnings from Bangladesh series ahead of T20 World Cup" alt="Australia's learnings from Bangladesh series ahead of T20 World Cup">While Marsh
fared quite well in the Tigers challenge, it wasn’t the same case for the other
batsmen. The likes of Josh Phillipe, Alex Carey, Matthew Wade and Moises Henriques
never looked comfortable while facing Bangladesh’s bowlers. 
Philippe
scored 19 runs in the first 2 matches and then was dropped. Carey featured in
all the 5 matches but scored only 35 runs. Captain Wade also had a
disappointing outing, scoring 42 runs in the 5 games and
Henriques also struggled for runs, scoring only 40 of them. 
Despite all
of them being top performers in the Big Bash League (BBL), all four of them
looked shaky in Bangladesh and it ended with 62 all-out in the last T20I, their lowest score in the history of T20I format.
However, Justin Langer and co will be relieved
by the return of David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell,&nbsp;Marcus
Stoinis and Pat Cummins in the World Cup. Australian management will pin their hopes on these
star performers to rescue their batting. It will be interesting to see which wicket-keeper
batsman Australia will opt for, as both Wade and Carey had a bad time in the
series.

My wife isn't happy: Agar says Australians want to watch Ban-Aus series

Australia are not broadcasting
any matches of Bangladesh and Australia series after almost three decades.
Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell both were searching links in social media to watch
the first two matches. 
<img src="https://api.bdcrictime.com/ashton-agar-.jpg" title="My wife isn't happy: Agar says Australians want to watch Ban-Aus series" alt="My wife isn't happy: Agar says Australians want to watch Ban-Aus series">Spinning all-rounder Ashton Agar
has expressed his views recently about it and said that his wife is much
unhappy for not seeing the matches live from Australia.
Australian media thought that
there would be more loss than the profit if they broadcasted the series. Except
this, there were lack of sponsors too. Considering these situation, Australian
media showed reluctance to broadcast the series in their country. Cricket
Australia (CA) tried a lot but couldn’t able to broadcast the series even in
any YouTube channel.
“My wife isn’t happy about it because
she doesn’t get to watch me playing at the moment,” Agar said.
The left-arm spinner also said
that everyone wants to watch cricket and also the people in Australia have been
depriving of some different bowling which Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman is
doing at the moment.
“I think everyone wants to watch
cricket all the time and we know most people like cricket at the end of the
day. It can be really exciting cricket to watch. So for people who really love
the game- different conditions, creative and learning opportunities, a child or
kid watching this game going up there. They’re seeing players they’ve never
seen before. Bowling styles which are not used in Australia, they’re bowling trying
to bowl slower balls like Mustafizur is doing it,” he added.

Incredible, amazing: Agar on Mustafizur's slower ball

Mustafizur Rahman's ability to purchase off Mirpur pitch has brought applause from the Australian camp.<img src="https://api.bdcrictime.com/Fizz bowling.jpeg" title="Incredible, amazing: Agar on Mustafizur's slower ball" alt="Incredible, amazing: Agar on Mustafizur's slower ball">The left-arm pacer has so far taken five wickets in Bangladesh's two T20I wins over Australia. In favourable conditions, his slower deliveries left the visitors puzzled.Ashton Agar, the all-rounder who got out off a rising ball from Mustafizur on Thursday, lauded the latter's unique variation.&nbsp;&nbsp;"Man, he [Mustafizur] is a difficult customer," Agar told the media. "He is really good. His ability to bowl that slower ball [is very good]. If you watch it in slow motion, [you will see] he pretty much does it with his wrist and his fingers. It's incredible, incredible skill. Amazing revolution."It's a great slower ball as well because it's not too slow and It's got a lot of revolution. It might kick quite a bit off the surface, it might go low, might not or it might spin a lot. It's super variable. And he gives himself that opportunity to put [variations] as much as he can on the ball."Moises Henriques, who battled for a 30-run knock in a losing cause, said he has never seen Mustafizur bowling slowers at that frequency - which he did in the second T20I - before.&nbsp;&nbsp;"Mustafiz tonight showed how quickly he adapts – I think he bowled 23 or 24 slower balls and did not bowl any more balls with pace on," Henriques said after the match.&nbsp; "He doesn't do that when he plays in the IPL … it's probably half-half. He summed up the conditions really well tonight, credit to him. His slower ball even on a good wicket is hard to play, let alone on something like that."

Marsh seeking advice from Zampa and Agar to tackle Bangladesh spinners

In the first match of the
five-match T20I series against Bangladesh, the Australian batsmen had no
answers to the Bangladeshi spinners. So all-rounder Mitchell Marsh wants to
handle the Bangladeshi spinners with advice from his team's two spinners Adam Zampa
and Ashton Agar.
<img src="https://api.bdcrictime.com/mitchell-marsh-.jpg" title="Marsh seeking advice from Zampa and Agar to tackle Bangladesh spinners" alt="Marsh seeking advice from Zampa and Agar to tackle Bangladesh spinners">In the first match, Australia lost 3 wickets for 11
runs in just 2.1 overs in the attack of three spinners of Bangladesh. Marsh
fought alone for the Aussies with the bat. However, his 45 off 45 balls wasn’t
enough for the team to win. In the end, he fell to left-arm spinner Nasum
Ahmed.
Marsh is currently at the peak of
his form among the batsmen in the Australia squad. He’s in great form from the
West Indies tour. He now needs to handle Bangladeshi spinners to maintain this
form. 
At the end of the first game he
told to cricket.com.au, "Playing in Australia, you face a lot more quick
bowling so for me, especially playing at Perth Stadium and at the WACA for the
Scorchers (in the Big Bash) – spin is something you can sit on.
<blockquote>"I just tried to evolve my
game to a point where I have more options for boundaries (against spin) and I
feel like it's going well. Hopefully I can keep getting better. It's probably
something I hadn't done in the past is speak to 'Zamps' and Ashton Agar and
feed off them and see where I can get better. </blockquote>
"I'll keep trying to learn
off them – they're some of the best players in the world now so I'd be silly if
I didn't try to learn off them."
Bangladeshi spinners- Nasum Ahmed
took 4 wickets, Shakib Al Hasan and Mahedi Hasan got 1 wicket each in the first
T20I in which Australia lost by 23 runs failing to chase the target of only 132
runs.

Live: Australia win toss, opt to bowl first

Australia have won the toss and
opted to bowl first against Bangladesh in the first of five-match T20I series at
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
<img src="https://api.bdcrictime.com/aus-vs-bd-2021-.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Live: Australia win toss, opt to bowl first" alt="Live: Australia win toss, opt to bowl first">Bangladesh have made two changes to their side which played their last match against Zimbabwe. All-rounder Mahedi Hasan replaces Mohammad Saifuddin in the squad while Mustafizur Rahman is back in the main XI after recovering injury in place of Taskin Ahmed.
In absence of regular captain Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade is leading the side. They have also made two changes to their squad which played their last match against West Indies. Ashton Turner and Ashton Agar come in the main XI in place of Mitchell Swepson and Jason Behrendorff. Alex Carey will open the innings with Josh Philippe.The graph of the rise of the
Tigers in the T20 format is not promising although they won the T20I series
against Zimbabwe in their last tour. On the other hand, Australia aren’t in
good form too in T20Is as they lost by 4-1 against West Indies in their last
series.
Both the teams will miss of their
key players due to different reasons including injuries, bio-bubble reasons and
family reasons.
This is the first time Bangladesh
and Australia have met in a bilateral T20I series. Their previous four meetings
were at the World Cups where Australia won all the matches against the Tigers.
Playing XIs:
Bangladesh: Soumya Sarkar, Naim
Sheikh, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad (c), Nurul Hasan (wk), Afif Hossain,
Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur
Rahman. 
Australia:&nbsp;Josh Philippe, Alex Carey (wk),
Mitchell Marsh, Moises Henriques, Matthew Wade (c), Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar,
Mitchell Starc, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

Agar's record 6-for fires Australia back to winning ways

Australia have bounced back against New Zealand to pull off 64-run victory in the third T20I at Westpac Stadium, Wellington. The hosts are still leading the series 2-1.

<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-160459" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Agar-Aus-vs-NZ-1024x683.jpeg" alt="Agar's record 6-for fires Australia back to winning ways" width="640" height="427" />

Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar became the first Australian and fourth overall to take six wickets in a T20 International match. He dismissed Mark Chapman and Kyle Jamieson in the 17th over to end with figures of 6/30, the fifth best figures in T20I history.

Agar picked three in an over in the 13th over, dismissing Glenn Phillips, Devon Conway and James Neesham.

New Zealand were bowled out for 144 runs in 17.1 overs in reply to Australia's 208/4. Martin Guptill struck 28-ball 43 runs (two fours and three sixes) to keep the scoring rate up. Conway made 38 off 27.

Australia's debutant pacer Riley Meredith struck early sending back Tim Seifert and Blackcaps skipper Kane Williamson inside the powerplay.

Being sent into batting first, Australian captain Aaron Finch finally got amongst the runs as he made 69 runs off 44 balls with the help of 8 boundaries and 2 over-boundaries. Josh Phillipe made 27-ball 43 before 'the big show' Glenn Maxwell took the stage.

IPL-millionaire Maxwell smashed 5 fours and 8 sixes in his 31-ball brisk 70 runs, with 28 of them coming in the 17th over bowled by Neesham.

Neesham leaked 60 runs in his four-over spell. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi was the pick of the bowlers for New Zealand, taking 2 for 32.

The fourth and fifth T20Is will be played at the same venue on March 5 and 7 respectively.

Brief scores:

Australia 208/4 in 20 overs (Maxwell 70, Finch 69, Phillipe 43; Sodhi 2/32)

New Zealand 144/10 in 17.1 overs (Guptill 43, Conway 38; Agar 6/30, Meredith 2/24)

Australia won by 64 runs

Morgan and Stokes celebrating

Stokes in T20I against SA

Haris Rauf celebrates a wicket

<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-156041" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Morgan-and-Stokes-celebrating.jpg" alt="Morgan and Stokes celebrating" width="900" height="491" />
The COVID-19 pandemic situation across the world made a big impact in the game in 2020. It can be clearly seen through the postponement of the scheduled ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, which is now shifted to 2022. The most anticipated IPL also had a postponement and venue shift due to the pandemic situation. 
Still, the year witnessed some quality matches in all three formats. Among them, T20Is had a sheer dominance as nearly 95 T20I games played this year. In those games, there had been many great performances from players. Let's look at the combined best T20 XI of the year at the International level. 

<h3>1. KL Rahul</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-154459" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot_9-min-2.jpg" alt="KL Rahul can score double century in ODIs: Chopra" width="845" height="601" />



Indian right-handed batsman KL Rahul cemented his place in the limited-overs format after having some rough patches in the last couple of years. In 2020, Rahul is one of the two players who scored more than 400 runs. He scored 404 runs from 11 matches with four fifties at an average of 44.89.




<h3>2. Tim Seifert</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-152323" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tim-seifert.jpg" alt="IPL 2020: Seifert to replace Ali Khan in KKR squad" width="833" height="579" />



Tim Seifert is the latest sensational player in New Zealand cricket. He is been in tremendous form during the last two T20I series played against Windies and Pakistan. Already the expectations are high on the future of the batsman in T20 leagues. In 2020, he scored 352 runs in the 10 games he played with an average of 50.3 and strike rate of 140.2.




<h3>3. David Malan</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-154636" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dawid-malan.jpg" alt="England seal T20I series with another Malan fifty" width="929" height="610" />



The current T20I no.1 batsman David Malan continues his good form with the bat. Already he is said to be the key player for England in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2021 in India. In 2020 he scored 397 runs from 10 games at 49.63 with four fifties. It includes a missed ton against South Africa recently.




<h3>4. Eoin Morgan(c)</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-139976" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/magnificent-morgan-carries-england-to-thrilling-win-in-centurion-03.jpg" alt="magnificent-morgan-carries-england-to-thrilling-win-in-centurion" width="620" height="348" />



England limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan had another good year as a batsman and as a captain. The English skipper played 11 matches this year, making 276 runs at 34.5. His strike rate is the bigger one as it is 168.29. As a captain also the England skipper is continuing the momentum with him. England played 4 T20I series this year and they won three out of them, with one series tied against Pakistan.




<h3>5. Mohammad Hafeez</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-155844" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Hafeez-remained-unbeaten-on-99.jpg" alt="Hafeez remained unbeaten on 99" width="1024" height="654" />



Pakistan's right-handed batsman Mohammad Hafeez is the one among two players who crossed 400 runs in T20Is this year. He scored 415 runs in eight games with an average of 83 and a strike rate of 152.6. Recently he scored an unbeaten 99 against New Zealand, which is his best one in the year.




<h3>6. Ben Stokes</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-156042" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stokes-in-T20I-against-SA.jpg" alt="Stokes in T20I against SA" width="612" height="389" />



English all-rounder Ben Stokes had another fruitful year for England. Even though he missed a few games he played his part in the games he played. With the bat, the left-handed batsman scored 126 runs in five innings with an average near 31 and with a strike rate of 134.1. With the ball, the medium-fast bowler picked up six wickets in five games with a decent economy of 8.77.




<h3>7. Kieron Pollard</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-154488" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pollard-75.jpg" alt="" width="1400" height="933" />



Windies skipper Kieron Pollard is arguably one of the superstars in the format. Now he is handed over the responsibility to lead the national side too. Surely he will have an impact on the upcoming T20 World Cup. In 2020, played 8 matches and made 168 runs at 56. He has a mammoth strike rate of 204.87.




<h3>8. Ashton Agar</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-140407" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ashton-agar.jpg" alt="Agar's hat-trick, fifer guide Australia to big win" width="700" height="415" />



Australian left-arm off-spinner is slowly turning out to be a prominent spinner for the team with the white ball. He had some good spells this year. In the six games, he played he scalped 13 wickets at an average of 12.46. Also, his economy is good at 6.75.




<h3>9. Shardul Thakur</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-154798" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shardul-Thakur.png" alt="" width="697" height="424" />



Indian right-arm fast bowler Shardul Thakur is the leading wicket-taker for India this year, amidst the big names like Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammad Shami. He bagged 15 wickets to his name from 10 games at 18.73. His economy rate is the only concern for him as it closes to 9 this year.




<h3>10. Haris Rauf</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-156043" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Haris-Rauf-celebrates-a-wicket.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="490" />



The right-arm fast bowler Haris Rauf seems to be another bigger name making in Pakistan. He had a good 2020 with the ball. He picked up 16 wickets from 11 games at an average of 23.2 and economy of 8.65.




<h3>11. Lungi Ngidi</h3>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-139630" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ngidi-defended-7-runs-in-last-over.jpg" alt="" width="738" height="407" />



South African right-arm fast bowler Lungi Ngidi had a tremendous 2020 with the white ball. He is the leading wicket-taker in the year for South Africa in both ODIs and T20Is. He picked up 17 wickets in 9 games at 20.52. His economy is an area he has to work on as it goes near 11.

Best T20I XI of 2020

Starc out of T20I series against India

Australian star fast bowler Mitchell Starc has withdrawn his name from Australia squad and for this he’ll miss the last two matches of Dettol T20I series against India. He dropped out of the series due to family reasons. He has to decide to return home after one of his family member fell ill.

<img class="aligncenter wp-image-155007" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/mitchell-starc--300x192.jpg" alt="Starc out of T20I series against India" width="602" height="385" />

Starc returned home straight from the field during practice on Saturday. The team and Cricket Australia (CA) consoled him. Respecting Starc's decision to return, Aussie coach Justin Langer said there had been nothing bigger than family.

"There is nothing in the world more important than family and in this case Mitch is no exception," said Langer.

"We will give Mitch all the time he needs and welcome him back into the squad with open arms whenever he feels the time is right for him and his family."

The India series, however, had not been a very good one so for Starc. However, he showed his old form in the first T20I as he took 2 wickets in 4 overs.

Australia have lost a number of cricketers due to injuries. Marcus Stones was injured in the first ODI and David Warner was injured in the second ODI. Ashton Agar missed the first T20I match due to injury and Pat Cummins had been rested with an eye in Test series.

D'Arcy Short, Mitch Swepson, Nathan Lyon and Moises Henriques have been added to the squad in replace of them. But they won’t announce any replacement for Starc as there’s been already Andrew Tye and Daniel Sams in the squad to cover up the vacancy of the 30-year old left-arm pacer.

Besides, India's Ravindra Jadeja also ruled out of the T20I series due to injury in the first T20 match.

Australia will face India in the second T20I of the match at Sydney on December 6 (Sunday). India lead the series by 1-0.

Australia T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, D'Arcy Short, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa

India T20I squad: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan, Shardul Thakur

Lyon added to T20I squad

Australian right-arm off-spinner Nathan Lyon added to the Australian T20I squad for the remainder of the T20I series against India at SCG.

<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-121136" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/AUSTRALIAKVSGIRI.jpg" alt="dam Zampa and Nathan Lyon" width="1080" height="810" />

Australia have started the three-match T20I series against India in a losing cause as the visitors cruised to a comprehensive win by 11 runs at Manuka Oval, Canberra.  The remaining two games of the three-match T20I series will be played in Sydney.

Ahead of the Sydney T20Is, the hosts have made some changes in their setup. The right-arm off-spinner Nathan Lyon has been added to the T20I squad for the remaining two games at SCG. The off-spinner has been added as a potential cover for the left-arm off-spinner Ashton Agar, who is sustaining an injury. Due to the injury, the left-arm off-spinner missed the first T20I too.

With the addition of Nathan Lyon, the debutant in the ODI series Cameron Green has been released from the limited-overs squad. The young all-rounder will join with Australia A setup, who will be involved in a three-day practice game between India A and Australia A from December 6th.

The injury column continues for the hosts as their limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch is waiting for the scan results. The skipper sustained an injury to his hip/buttock region during the first T20I at Manuka Oval. If the skipper is unavailable for the remaining T20Is, it will be interesting to see who will be leading the side.

Earlier in the ODI series, the left-handed opening batsman David Warner sustained a groin injury and is ruled out for the ongoing T20I series. While the all-rounder Pat Cummins has been rested for the ongoing T20I series considering his workload management.

Australia T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, D'Arcy Short, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa

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Lyon added to the Australian T20I squad

Playing Test cricket is still the ultimate goal: Adam Zampa

Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa said that playing the longest format of the game is still the ultimate goal for him, on Tuesday.

<img class="aligncenter wp-image-144835" src="https://www.bdcrictime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/adam-zampa-300x198.jpg" alt="Playing Test cricket is still the ultimate goal: Adam Zampa" width="652" height="430" />

However, a call into the Australian Test lineup is not easy for Zampa. Because he has played just three Sheffield Shield matches in the last two seasons, managing to take just five wickets at all.
<blockquote>"For me playing Test cricket is still the ultimate goal. Over the last few years, it's probably really easy for people to pinpoint me as a white-ball bowler. I've played most of the white-ball games for Australia over the last few years so it's really limited my first-class opportunities so I really want to change people's perceptions,"</blockquote>
Zampa said to ESPNcricinfo.

"I know my first-class record doesn't really speak for itself but over the last three years when I haven't really been playing first-class cricket I've really improved as a bowler, so I'm looking to still get that baggy green," he added.

Zampa has confirmed his place as the spinner in the Australian ODI and T20I squad in the recent years. The leg spinner has said that, he knows where he stands when it comes to selection in the Test line-up. He also said that he has not even had discussions about it with head coach Justin Langer.

"The exposure to red-ball cricket hasn't really been there and I guess with subcontinent tours, you have guys like Mitchell Swepson bowling really well and playing Shield cricket. You've got Ashton Agar who's got a little bit experience as well. Jon Holland has been good in first-class cricket over the last few years," Zampa said.

"I don't really know what it's like to bowl on a spinning wicket in Shield cricket. The closest thing I've had to a spinning wicket is Adelaide Oval when it's green and thatchy and that limits the number of overs you bowl as well. I think there should be an emphasis put on it," he added.

Zampa played for Australia in the first ODI of the three-match series against New Zealand in March. The spinner managed to take two wickets in the first ODI, however, after that match, the remaining two ODIs were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic hit back across the globe.

Nationality	Australia
Role	All Rounder
Born	14th Oct, 1993
Age	28 years, 3 months, 6 days
Batting Style	Left hand Bat
Bowling Style	Left Arm Orthodox

Matches	4
Innings	8
Not Out	1
Runs	410
High Score	0
Average	45.55
Strike Rate	97.1
100s	0
50s	1
6s	3
4s	24

Matches	15
Innings	15
Not Out	2
Runs	694
High Score	0
Average	49.57
Strike Rate	55.2
100s	0
50s	0
6s	1
4s	22

Matches	40
Innings	40
Not Out	4
Runs	926
High Score	0
Average	21.53
Strike Rate	19.2
100s	0
50s	0
6s	5
4s	13

Matches	122
Innings	114
Not Out	22
Runs	2737
High Score	0
Average	26.57
Strike Rate	21.9
100s	0
50s	1
6s	32
4s	63

Matches	4
Innings	7
overs	145.4
Runs	195
wickets	9
bestinning	3/46
bestmatch	5/101
Average	32.50
econ	2.81
Strike Rate	55.55
4W	0
5W	0
10W	0

Ashton Agar

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