STEVE Smith‚ who was rested during Australia’s tour to Sri Lanka in August, will return to action in SA later in September.Smith will captain the Australians in a one-day international (ODI) against Ireland in Benoni on September 27‚ which will be followed by five matches in the format against SA.Australia’s batting will benefit from the addition of a player who has scored half-centuries in four of his last six ODI innings.But their pace bowling will be weakened by the resting of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. In their place Australia have picked an uncapped trio of Daniel Worrall‚ Joe Mennie and Chris Tremain."Chris‚ Joe and Daniel have impressed us during the recent Australia A series with consistent performances‚" selection chairman Rod Marsh said. "They are young players with a bright future who thoroughly deserve their selection and we look forward to seeing them work with [fast bowlers] John Hastings and Scott Boland‚ who have both performed well for Australia since return...
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