Fawad Ahmed named in Australia squad for England ODI series

8220;Fawad Ahmed gets his opportunity as the squad8217;s lead spinner,8221; chief selector John Inverarity said in a news release.

8220;He replaces Xavier Doherty,who had that role in the ICC Champions Trophy played in June.

8220;While Xavier will be disappointed,he remains in strong contention for selection for the tour of India in October.

8220;Fawad has been a consistent wicket-taker on the Australia A tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa.

8220;He is a mature and very good leg-spin bowler and the selectors are keen to see how he fares in international competition.8221;

Inverarity said the leg-spinner could play himself into the test team for the return Ashes series in Australia,which starts at the Gabba in Brisbane on Nov. 21.

8220;Well,he would be in contention for that,we8217;ll see how he goes,8221; Iverarity added.

8220;He played in some Sheffield Shield matches at the end of the last Australian summer and bowled well and took wickets,so we8217;re just keen to see how he goes at international level.

8220;He and a number of other spinners will be contention as well.8221;

Middle order batsman Mitchell Marsh,who was in the Australia squad for the Champions Trophy,is replaced by test batsman Steve Smith but Inverarity stressed that the 21-year-old remained 8220;of high interest8221; to selectors.

Test captain Michael Clarke,who quit the shortest form of the international game in 2011,will also take charge the one-day side with George Bailey continuing in his role as skipper of the Twenty20 side.

The 18-member squad will be reduced by three players after the Twenty20 matches in Southampton and Durham at the end of August before the one-day series begins in Edinburgh on Sept. 3.

Squad: Michael Clarke,George Bailey,Fawad Ahmed,Nathan Coulter-Nile,James Faulkner,Aaron Finch,Josh Hazlewood,Phil Hughes,Mitchell Johnson,Shaun Marsh,Glenn Maxwell,Clint McKay,Steve Smith,Mitchell Starc,Adam Voges,Matthew Wade,David Warner,Shane Watson.