Travis Head will miss the start of the T20I series against Sri Lanka to play a Sheffield Shield match for South Australia ahead of the Pakistan tour.
New South Wales and Sydney Thunder all-rounder Daniel Sams has been included in Australia's squad for the five-match series starting Friday at the SCG.
Head, who played his last T20I in 2018, was one of the players recalled to face Sri Lanka, but it has been decided that his player will have a first-class game ahead of Pakistan's next month's match. is value. Returning the series in the Ashes, he will rejoin the T20 team in Melbourne.
Sams was the traveling reserve for the T20 World Cup last year. He has played four T20Is before and had a good BBL with Thunder where he was their leading wicket-taker with 19 at 24.57 and he scored an astonishing 98 off 44 balls against Melbourne Renegades.
The confirmation of the men's remaining home fixtures opened the chance for some Test players to get a game for their states from Wednesday, along with South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Head will now be able to face Victoria alongside South Australia teammate Alex Carey, who will have Marcus Harris and Scott Boland by his side. Harris is expected to make it to the tour of Pakistan after being dropped for the final Ashes Test to accommodate Usman Khawaja.
Steven Smith is part of the T20I squad to face Sri Lanka along with Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, but Nathan Lyon is expected to play for New South Wales against Queensland.
With Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Neser and Michelle Swepson, Queensland is the strongest with international availability.
Western Australia will not be in Sheffield Shield action until next month due to border restrictions, meaning Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh - who were later rested from the Sri Lanka T20I - will have no cricket ahead of the Pakistan tour. It has already been confirmed that Jhye Richardson, who is part of the T20I squad, will not take part in the Pakistan tour.