Who makes Australia's 2023 Ashes XI?

There are a lot of cricket events coming up. There is the T20 World Cup, Australia's Test tour to India in early 2023 and the next Ashes in England. England are the current favourites to win the series.

Pat Cummins, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc are the main players in Australia's 2023 Ashes XI. David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Alex Carey and Josh Inglis are other players who could make the team. Scott Boland and Jhye Richardson could play some games. The team for the first Test in Edgbaston in June 20 2323 is as listed below.

Cameron Green is the answer to Australia's all-rounder conundrum. Carey and Inglis are the wicketkeepers. Hazlewood, Cummins, Lyon, Starc/Boland/Jhye Richardson, and Boland are expected to play in Ashes in 2023. Khawaja and Warner are potential vulnerabilities. The team needs to win the T20 World Cup, the Test series in India, an Ashes win in England, a World Cricket Cup win and an ODI World Championship win. Michael Neser is not expected. He should play two Tests at a minimum.

The batsmen who are next in line to step in in the 2023 Ashes are listed below. Marcus Harris, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Renshaw and Kurtis Patterson are the potential players to make the team.

Will Pucovski averages 52 in Shield cricket. Sam Whiteman and Henry Hunt scored a lot of runs in the Shield last season. Bryce Street scored 475 runs at 28 last summer.

Peter Handscomb was the top run-scorer in the last Shield season with 697 runs at 50. Nic Maddinson scored545 runs in 55 Shield games. Hilton Cartwright scored601 runs and Jordan Silk514 runs. Maddison is playing for Durham to gain familiarity with English conditions.

There are some themes that will emerge in 2023 Ashes. England and Australia will play a lot of 'Bazball' cricket. Australia might lose Warner and Khawaja and Pucovski. Cameron Green might establish himself as a top-level Australian Test all-rounder. England needs to find some consistent openers and find a replacement for Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad.

Anderson and Broad can only play three Tests each. Robinson and Woakes are okay. England do have the ability to win from anywhere, but they need to find consistency and maybe some more toughness.

There's a lot of cricket to be played between now and the 2023 Ashes. Hazlewood, Pucovski, Handscomb, Inglis, Agar, Neser and Jhye Richardson are the players in my 18-man Test squad.

The Australian selectors need to be bolder.