Australia Opener Matthew Short Ruled Out Of Champions Trophy, To Be Replaced By…

Young spin-bowling all-rounder Cooper Connolly will exchange injured Matthew Short within the Australian squad for the knock-out levels of the continued Champions Trophy. Short was dominated out of the ICC occasion, being held in Pakistan and Dubai, because of a calf damage sustained throughout the match in opposition to Afghanistan. The 21-year-old Connolly, who made his ODI debut in England final 12 months, was initially named as a travelling reserve for the match. The ICC’s Event Technical Committee has accredited his inclusion within the Australian squad early on Monday.

Connolly has so far featured in six internationals for Australia, of which three have been ODIs. He’s a left-handed batter, who bowls left-arm spin as properly. Short injured his calf on Friday whereas fielding and appeared hindered when making a quickfire 20 on the high of the order earlier than the match was deserted because of rain in Lahore.

“I think he’ll be struggling,” Australia captain Steve Smith had mentioned of Short’s damage standing.

“I think we saw tonight he wasn’t moving very well and I think it’s probably going to be too quick between games for him to recover.” Australia will face India within the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy right here on Tuesday.

Australia squad: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Adam Zampa. 

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