Players to get jab before next tour, but will they have the strength to fly out?

Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, David Warner and others face two weeks in lockdown and little time at home ahead of Windies tour.

David Warner arrives in Sydney on Monday ahead of two weeks quarantine

Australian players headed to the West Indies will be vaccinated before they leave the country, but question marks remain over whether those players who have just returned from India will have the strength to fly out again.

Marnus Labuschagne has not been included because of logistic complications around him leaving the UK.

David Warner, Pat Cummins, Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa, Steve Smith and Marcus Stoinis are among those named in the preliminary squad who have just returned from a trying few months away.

The players now have two weeks in quarantine in a small hotel room in Sydney before being freed to briefly see their partners and families before entering another biosecurity bubble and starting the whole process over again ahead of the first game in St Lucia on July 10.

Warner has three children and has posted images of his daughter’s moving letters to their absent father.

Selectors are confident the “majority” of Australia’s best cricketers will be ready and willing to spend up to a month touring the West Indies and possibly Bangladesh despite enduring such a challenging time in India.

Cricket Australia is in talks to “tag on” some extra white ball games in Bangladesh after the matches in the Caribbean, with both tours set to be subjected to quarantine and biosecurity protocols before players face another 14-days in quarantine on their return home.

National high-performance boss Ben Oliver said they would have individual conversations with all players before finalising the smaller touring party, with player welfare a priority.

“We’ve announced a preliminary list to start working with the players, start planning for the tour, then the final touring party will be selected in due course,” Oliver said on Monday.

“As part of that process we will pick up individual discussions with those that have returned from the IPL about how they are travelling and as part of our management across multiple tours and a big 12 months ahead we will work with individuals on that.

“There is an opportunity to play some international cricket, to travel as an Australian team and prepare for a World Cup and we are hopeful and optimistic the majority of players on that list will be in a good frame of mind to tackle that opportunity.”

All players are set to be vaccinated before they go after a recent announcement by the federal government that Australians approved for international travel would be vaccinated prior to their departure.

The notable omissions from the group were run-machine Marnus Labuschagne and Test rookie Cameron Green.

Labuschagne couldn’t be selected because of “logistical complications” moving him from England, where he is playing country cricket. Green reportedly opted to stay at home and ramp up his Ashes preparations.

“Anyone who knows Marnus understands he would give absolutely anything to play for Australia, and he is deeply upset to miss out due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control,” selection chairman Trevor Hohns said.

“We worked through numerous options in conversations with Marnus to find a workable solution but ultimately came to the conclusion it was more practical for him to remain in the UK.

“Had we not been in the middle of a global pandemic Marnus would be on this tour as a well-established member and important part of the one-day side.

Matthew Wade missed a Cricket Australia contract but his international career may not be over after he was included along with young spinner Tanveer Sangha, who was part of the T20 squad that toured New Zealand in February.