There were question marks surrounding Pat Cummins’ availability.

His wife Becky is due to give birth to the pair’s second child when Australia’s Test side tours Sri Lanka in late-January. On top of this, it was recently revealed he carried an ankle issue through his team’s successful Border-Gavaskar Test series down under.

Fellow quick Josh Hazlewood will also return to the fold, having been sidelined midway through Australia’s Test series with India due to a calf complaint. Like Cummins, Hazlewood is not traveling to Sri Lanka.

“This is a balanced and experienced squad with the core having been involved in the previous one-day World Cup, the West Indies series, last year’s successful tour of the UK and the more recent Pakistan home series,” said Bailey.

Australia will look to end a 15-year ICC Men’s Champions Trophy drought, after going back-to-back in 2006 and 2009.