PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka — Australia’s injury woes in Sri Lanka deepened Wednesday with
all-rounder Marcus Stoinis ruled out of the rest of the
one-day international (ODI) series and spinner Ashton Agar also joining the wounded list.
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Fast bowler
Kane Richardson has already flown home
with a hamstring problem and Mitchell Starc, Sean Abbott and Mitchell Marsh are
also out of action and Cameron Green not fit enough to bowl.
Stoinis strained
his side smashing 44 off 31 in Tuesday’s two-wicket win in Pallekele and
Cricket Australia said Wednesday that the 32-year-old will play no further part
in the five-match series.
Agar also got hurt
as he took two wickets but “will remain with the squad to continue to
rehabilitate and ongoing assessment,” a statement said.
Batsman and
part-time spinner Travis Head and left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, currently
playing a four-day Australia A match in Hambantota, will join the ODI squad on
Thursday.
Speaking before the
announcement, Test skipper Pat Cummins — who played his first ODI in 18 months
on Tuesday — said that Australia still have “plenty of options”.
“All the planning
was going to be for a perfect preparation, we had the Aussie A team over here,
a big squad, but there were always going to be things that crop up,” Cummins
said on the eve of the second one-day international.
“It’s not ideal,
the amount of injuries, but we will strike that balance,” said the 29-year-old
Cummins.
“Scott Boland has
come in, hopefully Starcy (Mitchell Starc) will be back soon, Mitch Marsh back
bowling, Cam Green back bowling,” Cummins said.
“It feels like we
still have plenty of options.”
After the ODI
series Australia are also due to play two Tests in Sri Lanka in Galle from June
29.
“National selectors
will continue to monitor the squad through the ODI series before deciding if
any changes need to be made ahead of the two Test matches in Galle,” Cricket
Australia said.
Asked about a new
$6.2 billion mega-deal for the broadcast rights for the Indian Premier League,
Cummins said it was “great for the game”.
“It shows millions and millions of fans are out there that
love watching cricket,” said Cummins, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders in
the recently concluded IPL.
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