AUSTRALIAN cricket continues to be a rapidly changing landscape, as proven by the ODI squad selected to face South Africa next month.

The team will have its third captain this year with Aaron Finch replacing Tim Paine who took the reins from Steve Smith for just one ODI series.

At least Paine has Test cricket to focus on though, unlike all five quicks who featured for Australia in England, but were left out of the squad on Saturday.

Here, foxsports.com.au takes a look at the winners and losers from the ODI squad announcement.

LOSERS

ANDREW TYE
All five of Australia’s quicks in England were left out of the ODI squad. Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood weren’t involved in that series, so casualties were expected, but Tye is still somewhat hard done by. The Western Australian has had a stellar 2018, taking the most wickets in both the Indian Premier League (24 at 18.66) and the domestic One-Day Cup (18 at 16.16).

TIM PAINE
It’s hard to see a way back into international one-day cricket for Tim Paine now. The Tasmanian was dropped as not only a one-day captain but player after making just 36 runs (at 7.20) in his only five matches in charge of the side. At 33 years old and with an Ashes on the horizon, he’s been told to solely focus on his Test cricket.

BEN MCDERMOTT
The 23-year-old started the season in emphatic fashion, and was only outscored by Lynn in the One-Day Cup. His 427 runs (at 71.16) and two centuries were enough to earn himself a call up to the Australian T20 team. But the Tasmanian opener didn’t get the chance to impress after he was twice run out by Fakhar Zaman for low scores (zero and three).

BILLY STANLAKE
Stanlake has been among Australia’s best bowlers in the T20 matches against Pakistan and the UAE. The towering quick has returned figures of 2-20, 3-21 and 2-36 in his three matches. Nonetheless, a quiet One-Day Cup campaign that saw him take just nine wickets at 38.33 may have sealed his fate.

GURINDER SANDHU
Unlike Stanlake, Sandhu set the One-Day Cup alight this season, finishing as joint-highest wicket taker with 18 at 16.66. The Tigers quick proved he could do it under pressure too. He took 7-56 in the final against Victoria, including four wickets and a hat-trick in a miraculous final over.

WINNERS

AARON FINCH
Australian cricket’s worst kept secret was confirmed when Finch was named as ODI captain. Paine’s white-ball struggles may have sealed the deal, but Finch had long been touted as a suitable one-day leader. Already the T20 captain, Finch has 93 ODI caps and 3361 runs (at 38.19) under his belt. He was Australia’s best ODI batsman last summer, making 275 runs against England at 91.66.

CHRIS LYNN
Lynn is one-step closer to his World Cup dream after earning his first ODI recall in nearly two years. The 28-year-old returned to 50-over cricket for Queensland this season after nearly a five-year hiatus from the team - a signal of his intent to return to the Australian fold for next year’s World Cup. He backed it up by top scoring in the One-Day Cup with 452 runs at 75.33.

ADAM ZAMPA
Zampa’s last ODI for Australia came in January before he was left out of the England tour. But he recaptured the attention of selectors by becoming the highest spinning wicket-taker in this season’s One-Day Cup, taking 12 at 25.41. The fact Nathan Lyon will be rested for the ODI series also helped his chances.

SHAUN MARSH
The 35-year-old will be breathing a sigh of relief after avoiding the axe despite what could only be described as a horrific tour of the UAE. Marsh made 14 runs at 7.50 in four knocks against Pakistan. Ultimately, his impressive display in England (288 runs at 57.60) couldn’t be denied. He also found some timely runs on Friday in the Sheffield Shield at the WACA - where the first ODI will be played.

Australia squad: Aaron Finch (c), Alex Carey (vc), Josh Hazlewood (vc), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Darcy Short, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

South Africa squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn