The fact that the selectors can leave out a bowler of Josh Hazlewood's quality for the T20I series in South Africa, shows the depth of bowling talent available in the country for the World Cup at home in October, reckons fellow Aussie pacer, Pat Cummins.

Hazlewood was overlooked in preference to other options like Kane Richardson, Jhye Richardson, and Sean Abbott, apart from Cummins and Mitchell Starc comes as a surprise because he wasn't facing any workload issues, unlike in the past, and had done really well in the five BBL games he played for Sydney Sixers this summer. 

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"It's one of the hard things," ESPNcricinfo quoted Cummins as saying. "He's a gun ODI and Test player, he hasn't had much of a chance to play Big Bash or international T20 cricket. So it's hard to actually know how good they are until they go back to the BBL and you see he shows his class there. The good thing is he, plus a number of bowlers, have done well for Australia or in the Big Bash so the fast bowling stocks are looking pretty good."

Maybe there are doubts about Hazlewood's skillset in the shortest format as the selectors presumably believe the two Richardsons and Abbott bring a lot more to the table. "Especially someone like Sean," Cummins said. "The way he has bowled over the last three or four [BBL editions], he's been just phenomenal. He's a really experienced guy. It's great seeing those guys who have dominated the domestic level jump up and you know they've got a game plan already sorted."

"And for Jhye, [I'm] so happy for him. This time 12 months ago he was on the verge of a World Cup and Ashes series and, unfortunately, he suffered that big [shoulder] injury. So he's done the long route back into the Aussie side and absolutely deserved his spot back here," he added. 

"This time around it feels like we've got lots of experience, lots of guys that have been around for a while. That might be the good thing about having so much domestic T20 cricket - even the guys who are on the fringe coming in, you know they've played a lot and have got a lot of experience. There's a lot of confidence around the squad, hopefully, it transfers into a couple of wins."

(Inputs from ESPNcricinfo)