| Absence of Maxwell, Marsh not ideal, teams should've allowed more than 15 players in squad: Cummins | | |  agencies
AHMEDABAD, Nov 3: Australia will not have the services of stars Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh against England, and captain Pat Cummins on Friday said the teams should have been allowed more players instead of 15 in the squad considering this World Cup's duration.
Maxwell suffered a freak injury during a game of golf while Marsh has returned home for personal reasons, and no definite timeline is marked for their return to action.
"Yeah, to be honest. It's a two-month tournament. You wouldn't want to be in a position like New Zealand. They have had some injuries and, luckily, they've been able to hold Kane (Williamson) in the squad. But if suddenly you had to rule him out, I think that wouldn't be good for cricket or World Cup.
"It's not like you can poach players from other countries, so I always think of as many players as you need, you should be able to pick from," Cummins said during his pre-match press conference.
In that context, Cummins termed the absence of Maxwell and Marsh as not ideal in a phase where the Aussies are trying to earn a semifinal berth.
"Yeah, it's not ideal. Both have been star players of the tournament at different times. We knew at the start of the tournament we were going to need a full squad of 15.
"I'm not even sure we've played the same 11 two games in a row through injury or selection. But we knew over a two-month tournament you're going to have to chop and change a bit," said Cummins. Cummins, however, hoped that Maxwell would enter the field sooner than Marsh.
"Maxi's, hopefully, for the clash against Afghanistan, so he'll just miss this one. But he trained well yesterday and is taking it day by day. Mitch we'll wait and see -- he'll definitely come back.
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