It is well known that Cricket Australia has announced the squad for the World Test Championship final which will be played starting June 7th at the Oval. Australia has named a 17-member squad for the final and the same squad will be for the first two tests of the Ashes.
International Cricket Council (ICC) have made an early prediction for the WTC finals and as per them, seven from the squad are sure starters for their performances in the current WTC cycle. Usman Khawaja (1608 runs), Marnus Labuschagne (1509), Steve Smith (1252), Travis Head (1208), Nathan Lyon (83 wickets), Pat Cummins (53), and Mitchell Starc (51) have done an incredible job.
David Warner who missed the two tests in the recently concluded Border Gavaskar Trophy has returned to the squad but his selection might not be straight away. Cameron Green will be the first all-rounder choice.
As per ICC, here’s the early Predicted Playing XI for the WTC final: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (vc), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
