England's summer cricket season in 2012 will feature full tours from the West Indies and South Africa, as well as a visit from Australia's limited-overs side. England will begin with a three-match Test series against the West Indies at Lord's on May 17, followed by three ODIs and a Twenty20 match. Australia's top-ranked team then arrives for a five-match series between June 29 and July 10 before South Africa's arrival sets up a series between the world's top-two Test teams. England and South Africa play a three-Test series at the Oval from July 19 before five ODIs and a series of Twenty20 matches, which finish on Sept. 12. England will also play Scotland in an ODI on Aug. 12. Johnson dropped Fast bowler Mitchell Johnson was a surprise omission Wednesday from Australia's Twenty20 squad for its tour of South Africa, while batsman David Hussey was dropped from the one-day lineup. Australia plays two T20s against South Africa on Oct. 13 and 16, with the three-match one-day series kicking off on Oct. 19 ahead of Tests in Cape Town and Johannesburg in November. Young fast bowlers Patrick Cummins and James Pattinson were selected for both squads, while rising all-rounder Mitchell Marsh claimed a berth in the T20 lineup. The one-day squad sees two changes to the one that recently beat Sri Lanka 3-2, with Hussey dropped and David Warner taking his place. John Hastings is injured with Patrick Cummins filling in for him. The Test squad will be announced next month. T20 squad: Cameron White (captain), Shane Watson, Doug Bollinger, Patrick Cummins, Aaron Finch, David Hussey, Brett Lee, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Stephen O'Keefe, James Pattinson, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade, David Warner. ODI squad: Michael Clarke (captain), Shane Watson, Doug Bollinger, Patrick Cummins, Xavier Doherty, Brad Haddin, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, James Pattinson, Ricky Ponting, Steven Smith, David Warner. PCB to use Akhtar book Pakistan cricket authorities said Wednesday they would use confessions made by retired paceman Shoaib Akhtar in his autobiography in court to justify disciplining the former international. In the book, launched last week in India, Akhtar confessed to ball-tampering and other violations of conduct during a 14-year career that was marred by injury and discipline problems before his retirement in April this year. Akhtar's appeal against a record seven million rupee (then $82,400) disciplinary fine imposed three years ago is pending in the Lahore High Court. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) legal adviser Taffzul Rizvi said excerpts of the book will now be used in court against the one-time world's fastest bowler.
