Australia’s Test players are rested from the T20Is against Pakistan and the captain will be appointed

Bartlett, Ellis and Johnson have all returned from injury following a tough tour of the UK where they were ruled out with various issues. Johnson returned to domestic cricket last Friday when he played in South Australia’s One-Day Cup match against Queensland.

Bartlett (side strain) and Ellis (hamstring) have been slow to recover but are expected to be ready for the three-game series beginning Nov. 14 and ending Nov. 18.

There were no surprises in the 13-man squad with an almost identical squad to the one that toured the UK in September. Maxwell returns to the fold after being rested for the T20I portion of that tour. Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk look set to open the batting, as they will in the ODI series that precedes the T20Is against Pakistan. Fraser-McGurk batted at number 3 in his last T20I when Short opened with Head.

With the series ending four days before the first Test against India in Perth, no major Test players have been made available. Marsh and Head also miss the ODI series while on maternity leave.

However, CA has left the door open for members of the T20I squad to join the Test squad after the series meaning the likes of Inglis and Sean Abbott could still be counted on.

“Any members of the T20 squad selected for the first Test will join another team after the final match in Hobart,” CA said in a statement.

Australia will have different coaches for the T20I series with head coach Andrew McDonald, batting coach Michael Di Venuto and bowling coach Daniel Vettori all having a short break ahead of the Test series.

Australia T20I team vs Pakistan: Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa