5 Australia Players Who Will Not Be at 2020 T20 World Cup

Australia's wait to finally win the ICC World Twenty20 goes on for at least four more years.

Steve Smith's side arrived in India for the 2016 tournament with high hopes of picking up the final piece of international silverware that has eluded them to date.

However, despite being 50-over world champions, and despite having a strong squad that was fresh off the back of a 2-1 T20 series win in South Africa, Australia didn't even make the semi-finals.

They failed to qualify from Group 2 in the Super 10 stage after losing a winner-takes-all showdown with host nation India.

There is, though, some good news for Australia. They will have home advantage for the World T20 in 2020, and many of the players who appeared on Indian soil could still be around by then.

Still, not all of them will remain involved right through to the next edition of the competition.

Here, Bleacher Report has attempted to look into the future and pick out five individuals who won't be part of Australia's plans in 2020.

Ashton Agar was a horses-for-courses selection for the World T20.

With the event taking place in India, where the surfaces can often be dry and take turn, spinners were seen as a key factor for all competing nations.

Australia picked two front-line slow bowlers: Agar and Adam Zampa, a young leg-spinner who had impressed in the domestic Big Bash League.

Zampa ended up playing in all four games. While he only took five wickets, he was Australia's most reliable bowler, posting an economy rate of 6.27 runs per over.

Agar, meanwhile, made just the one appearance. His solitary over against New Zealand in Dharamsala went for 18 runs, while he contributed nine from eight deliveries with the bat.

While still only 22, the left-armer has now made two appearances in Test, ODI and T20 cricket for his country. 

Spin won't be such a pivotal factor in 2020, by which time Agar will have hoped his promising career hasn't fizzled out completely.

Going into the World T20, Aaron Finch was the best batsman in the world in the format.

Yet despite his lofty status in the ICC rankings (he has since been overtaken by India's Virat Kohli), the right-handed opener couldn't even get in Australia's XI at the start of the tournament.

Left out at the expense of Usman Khawaja, Finch was relegated to drinks waiter for the games against New Zealand and Bangladesh.

He was recalled against Pakistan, making 15, and he also played in the must-win match with India. Finch made 43 from 34 deliveries at the top of the order, but Australia's total of 160 for six wasn't enough.

Shane Warne was critical of team management for their treatment of a player who had been captain of the T20 side in January. The legendary leg-spinner told Sam Ferris of Cricket Australia that he would "never, ever have left Aaron Finch out."

The numbers explain why: Finch has a T20 average of 38.96 at international level.

So why exactly won't he be around in 2020?

Well, he'll be 33 by then and has had issues with hamstring injuries, including needing surgery in 2015. It's no more than a hunch, but it seems unlikely all of Australia's batters stick around for four more years.

John Hastings delayed surgery to represent his country at the ICC World T20.

The seamer dislocated his shoulder three times in the first half of the 2015-16 domestic season, per Sam Ferris of Cricket Australia's official website.

His willingness to play through the pain was admirable, although Hastings only ended up making one appearance in the tournament.

He bowled three overs at a cost of 24 runs in the victory over Bangladesh in Bangalore, but he was left out for the following fixtures against Pakistan and India.

Hastings enjoyed an international renaissance at the age of 30, forcing his way back into the selectors' thoughts after strong domestic performances at home and abroad, having appeared for Durham in England.

However, it seems unlikely the New South Welshman will stick around at the top level until 2020.

Prior to the World T20, Peter Nevill had never played a white-ball match—either in 20 or 50-over cricket—for Australia.

The decision to draft the Test wicketkeeper into the squad at the last minute came at the expense of Matthew Wade. 

National selector Rod Marsh said of the selection, per Andrew Ramsey of Cricket Australia's official website: "We want Australia’s best wicketkeeper playing in this tournament, and we consider Peter Nevill to be the best in the country right now."

Nevill certainly wasn't selected for his T20 batting performances at domestic level. In 38 career games, he boasts a highest score of 25 and an overall average of 15, per ESPN Cricinfo.

The 30-year-old made 22 runs in four knocks in India when used way down the order.

Considering his age and his output with the bat, Australia will look elsewhere to find a long-term option behind the stumps in the shortest format.

Andrew Tye has built a reputation as a T20 specialist.

The 29-year-old seamer, who only made his professional debut in 2013, shot to fame as part of a successful Perth Scorchers squad in the Big Bash League.

He has also now played in the Indian Premier League for the Chennai Super Kings (he has now joined new franchise the Gujarat Lions for the 2016 campaign).

Yet Tye—known for his ability to bowl with excellent control at the death—was the only member of Australia's 15-man squad not to make an appearance during the World T20.

When you consider Mitchell Starc was missing through injury, plus Australia's seemingly constant supply of seam bowlers, you wonder if competition for places will see the man from Perth squeezed out.

It could be that Tye's international career is wrapped up already.

Do you disagree strongly with any of the five? Who do you think will be missing from Australia's squad in four years? Have your say via the comments section.

All statistics used in the slideshow were from ESPN Cricinfo.