Melbourne: Young paceman James Pattinson was surprisingly left out from Australia's preliminary 30-member squad announced on Wednesday for the World Twenty20 Championship in Sri Lanka in September.

Hobart: Former Australia Test captain Ricky Ponting has re-signed with the Hobart Hurricanes in the Twenty20 Big Bash League.

New Delhi, Jul 15: Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar lauded Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee, who announced his retirement last week, and said it was a 'joy' to pad up against the speedster.

Melbourne: Australia have selected two squads for the short series against Pakistan next month with a focus on the World Twenty20 tournament in September, drafting in uncapped allrounder Glenn Maxwell to gain experience and including veterans Shane Watson and Ben Hilfenhaus for only half of the tour to the United Arab Emirates.

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