Australian bowler Pat Cummins and wicket-keeper batsman Alex Carey will return to Sheffield Shield cricket after the cancellation of the Test series against South Africa. 

Cummins and Carey will play their first match of the season after being included in the New South Wales and South Australia squads respectively.

Cummins replaced fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, who has been rested. He had captained New South Wales in the Marsh Cup last week. New South Wales coach Phil Jacques said that change was necessary to manage the defending champions pace battery. Talking to a website, he said,  We mapped out a plan for Josh and with quick games back to back we have given him this game off but he will play our third game in this stretch of matches." He further added, "It's a busy season and we have to manage all of our players, especially the quick bowlers so we have them all firing towards the back end of the season."

Earlier this month, Cricket New South Wales named Cummins as the captain for the Marsh One Day Cup. The coach Jacques said, "Pat is a highly respected person throughout Australian cricket, and he knows the values NSW cricket and the Blues hold dearly."

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