Aussies bolster preliminary squad for WI and Bangladesh tours

Australia have made six more additions to their preliminary squad for the upcoming tours of West Indies and Bangladesh, keeping in mind the 'bubble fatigue' that players are undergoing during the pandemic.

Concerns over big names missing out on crucial tours in West Indies and Bangladesh -- to serve as preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup -- saw Australia name a 29-member squad which will be trimmed down before their departure to West Indies on June 28.

Ben McDermott, Dan Christian, Cameron Green, Ashton Turner, Wes Agar and Nathan Ellis have all been called up as potential tourists. Pat Cummins and David Warner had reportedly expressed wish to sit out the tour of the Caribbean.

"The six additions to the Qantas Australian men's squad follow discussions with players selected in the initial preliminary list for the tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh," national selector chair Trevor Hohns said.

"During the course of those discussions, it has become clear that recent experiences abroad, including but not limited to extended periods in bio-secure hubs and hard quarantine, have had an impact on the health and wellbeing of some players and their families," he added, indicating that their maybe withdrawals from a number of players.

Australia are set to visit Bangladesh in August to play a five-match T20 series in order to prepare better for the T20 World Cup.

The five-match campaign is set to take place immediately after Australia's white-ball tour of the Caribbean, where the Aussies will take on the two-time T20 World Cup champions West Indies in five T20s and three ODIs, Cricket Australia website reported.

Australia squad: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Wes Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Dan Christian, Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Tanveer Sangha, D'Arcy Short, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa