Konstas off to Sri Lanka for AUS

Australia plays two Test matches against Sri Lanka in Galle, starting on January 29 and February 6.

Steve Smith will lead the squad to Sri Lanka while Thunder’s Pat Cummins is on paternity leave and focusing on an ankle issue which was managed through the Test summer.

Konstas made his Sydney Thunder debut is scintillating fashion earlier in KFC BBL|14 before going on to earn his first Baggy Green cap during this summer’s Border-Gavaskar series.

The 19-year-old will be available for the rest of the BBL’s home-and-away season before departing for national duties.

Fellow Blue Josh Hazlewood is continuing his recovery from a calf injury and focussing on the Champion’s Trophy which immediately follows the Sri Lanka tour.

Australia:

Steve Smith (NSW/Sutherland Cricket Club) (c)
Sean Abbott (NSW/Parramatta District Cricket Club)
Scott Boland (VIC/Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club) 
Alex Carey (SA/Glenelg Cricket Club) 
Cooper Connolly (WA/Scarborough Cricket Club)
Travis Head (SA/Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club) (vc)
Josh Inglis (WA/Joondalup Cricket Club)   
Usman Khawaja (QLD/Valley District Cricket Club) 
Sam Konstas (NSW/Sutherland District Cricket Club)
Matt Kuhnemann (TAS/Clarence Cricket Club)
Marnus Labuschagne (QLD/Redlands Cricket Club) 
Nathan Lyon (NSW/Northern District Cricket Club) 
Nathan McSweeney (SA/Glenelg Cricket Club)
Todd Murphy (VIC/St Kilda Cricket Club)
Mitchell Starc (NSW/Manly Warringah Cricket Club)
Beau Webster (TAS/Kingborough Cricket Club)