Shane Warne picks Ashes squad

Warne also named his 12-man England squad.

New Delhi: Former Australia cricketer Shane Warne on Monday named his squads for the upcoming first Ashes Test, beginning August 1.

Warne in a tweet revealed his Australian team. His playing XI includes David Warner, Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Tim Paine, James Pattinson, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc or Josh Hazlewood.

• And here’s my Aussie Ashes team/squad for the 1st test.
  
  Warner
  Harris
  Khawaja
  Smith
  Head
  Wade
  Paine
  Pattinson
  Cummins
  Lyon
  Starc / Hazlewood
  
  Plus in Squad. A Carey, J Richardson, C Bancroft, M Marsh & W Pucovski

  — Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) July 22, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  And here’s my Aussie Ashes team/squad for the 1st test.
  
  Warner
  Harris
  Khawaja
  Smith
  Head
  Wade
  Paine
  Pattinson
  Cummins
  Lyon
  Starc / Hazlewood
  
  Plus in Squad. A Carey, J Richardson, C Bancroft, M Marsh & W Pucovski

  — Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) July 22, 2019

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  And here’s my Aussie Ashes team/squad for the 1st test.
  
  Warner
  Harris
  Khawaja
  Smith
  Head
  Wade
  Paine
  Pattinson
  Cummins
  Lyon
  Starc / Hazlewood
  
  Plus in Squad. A Carey, J Richardson, C Bancroft, M Marsh & W Pucovski

  — Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) July 22, 2019

The 49-year-old added Alex Carey, Jhye Richardson, Cameron Bancroft, Mitchell Marsh and Will Pucovski in the squad.

Warne also named his 12-man England squad. The list includes Jason Roy, Zak Crawley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Ben Foakes, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, James Aderson, and Mark Wood.

• Here’s my England 12 for the first #ashes test
  
  Roy
  Z Crawley
  Bairstow
  Root
  Stokes
  Buttler
  Foakes wk
  Ali
  Archer
  Broad
  Anderson
  Wood
  
  If another batsman was scoring big runs I would select them & have Joss keep. But, Foakes is a good option. 12th man decided on conditions

  — Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) July 22, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Here’s my England 12 for the first #ashes test
  
  Roy
  Z Crawley
  Bairstow
  Root
  Stokes
  Buttler
  Foakes wk
  Ali
  Archer
  Broad
  Anderson
  Wood
  
  If another batsman was scoring big runs I would select them & have Joss keep. But, Foakes is a good option. 12th man decided on conditions

  — Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) July 22, 2019

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  Here’s my England 12 for the first #ashes test
  
  Roy
  Z Crawley
  Bairstow
  Root
  Stokes
  Buttler
  Foakes wk
  Ali
  Archer
  Broad
  Anderson
  Wood
  
  If another batsman was scoring big runs I would select them & have Joss keep. But, Foakes is a good option. 12th man decided on conditions

  — Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) July 22, 2019

The Australian legend said that had another batsman was scoring big then he would have selected him and allowed Buttler to keep. Warner added that Foakes is a good option and the 12th man can be decided based on conditions.

England will host Australia for the Ashes series, which is set to take place from August 1 to September 16.