Mitch Marsh will captain Australia's first T20 internationals since Aaron Finch's retirement, leading a squad with a strong Big Bash flavour on the tour of South Africa. Western Australia's rising star allrounder Aaron Hardie, reigning KFC BBL player of the tournament Matt Short and breakout left-arm firebrand Spencer Johnson are all in line for an international debut during the three-match T20 series. Five one-day internationals that serve as World Cup preparation follow – with a provisional 18-man squad for that tournament also named today – but the presence of a new generation of stars in the T20 side add an element of intrigue to that leg of the tour.

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