3 Australian players from the 3 -match ODI series against South Africa have been released due to injury. Mitchell Owen was injured while batting in the second T20 match against Protizes. Lance Morris and Matthew Short were released after being injured during practice.
Cricket Australia (CA) has included Aaron Hardy, Cooper Connoly and Matthew Kuhneman in the team instead of three players. The ODI series will be played from August 19. The last match of the T20 series between the two teams is yet to be played on August 16.
He was wounded by a ball on Owen's helmet All -rounder Mitchell Owen will not be able to play the third T20 due to an injury. While batting in the second T20, Kagiso Rabada's ball rang on his bat and then on his helmet. Because of this, the physio had to come to the field. Owen continued to bat, but after a while he got out.
After the match, the medical team advised Oven not to play the third T20. He is not allowed to play cricket for 12 days, which will also lose the opportunity to debut one-day. He made a T20 debut last month.
In the second T20, Kagiso Rabada's ball rang on the helmet of Mitchell Oven.
Morris and Short were also injured Fast bowlers Lance Morris and Better Matthew Short will not even play the ODI series due to injury. During practice, Morris suffered a waist pain, so that he will not be able to return to international cricket at present. Morris has returned to Perth for treatment. Due to the injury, it may also seem difficult for him to play a 4-day unofficial test against India-A next month.
Matthew Short has not yet been released from the injury during the series in the West Indies. Due to this injury, he was dropped from the T20 series against South Africa and could not even be part of the ODI series. He was also injured in the leg during the Champions Trophy this year, after which he was constantly injured.
Matthew Short was injured during the West Indies series in July.
T20 range equals 1-1 South Africa won the second T20 match on August 12 by 53 runs and scored the 3-match series 1-1. Australia won the first match by 17 runs. The third match will be played on August 16 at Carnes. The first match of the ODI series will also be played here on August 19. The last 2 one-day matches will be played in McKay on August 22 and 24.
Australia's updated ODI team Mitchell Marsh (Captain), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carry, Cooper Connoly, Ben Dwarshis, Nathan Alice, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardy, Josh Hazelwood, Travis Head, Josh English, Matthew Kuhaneman, Marnas Labushen and Adam Zampa.
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