Australia Squad announced

[Holden]

Michael Clarke, as expected has been named the Captain and the Vice Captain is Shane Watson. The full squad for the Bangladesh tour is:-

Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Xavier Doherty, Callum Ferguson, Brad Haddin, John Hastings, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Tim Paine, James Pattinson, Ricky Ponting, Steve Smith, Cameron White

Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cric...ry/508633.html

So it's a full strength Squad, which is good to see, seems like they are respecting Bangladesh and not taking any chances. Ponting is in there just as a batsmen so it will be interesting to see how he performs, after being the leader of the team for so long.

Seems like the only spinners in the squad are Doherty and Smith, with Clarke and White part timers. Doherty looked impressive in the ODIs in India but the opposite in the Ashes Tests he played in. Smith had a good start to his ODI bowling career but only took 1 wicket in the World Cup. So it looks like Australia will look to their pace bowlers to spearhead the bowling attack.

I think it's going to be a great series and a big challenge for Bangladesh, particularly for the Bangladesh batsmen. Hopefully they meet the challenge and give more headaches to Australia to add to the ones it already has.