The Australian one-day international team will be without Shaun Marsh for the opening match of the home summer against South Africa, after the left-hander was revealed to need “minor surgery”.
Cricket Australia have confirmed Marsh has suffered an “abscess in his buttock region”.
It is unclear at this stage when the 35-year-old is expected to return to the national team.
Marsh’s Western Australian teammate D’Arcy Short has been named as his replacement in the side for the series opener.
Though Marsh’s spot in the Test team has been under intense scrutiny following a lean patch overseas, Marsh was in fine form in his most recent ODI series, smashing two centuries in England.
Upon returning from Australia’s 1-0 loss to Pakistan in the UAE, Marsh struck 80 and 98 for WA in their Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania.
Build your own fantasy cricket team and put it to the test with Draftstars daily fantasy competitions. Pick your match, pick your team and watch the points roll in to take out cash prizes on each match. What are you really gambling with? Set a deposit limit.
The mammoth rise of Jake Fraser-McGurk - his enormous potential and the destructive shot-making that he possesses makes him a very tempting option.
Marcus Stoinis produced his first IPL century and it was a beauty. He went 6, 4, 4, 4 to finish off the Lucknow Super…
Xavier Bartlett has been permission to extend his cricketing education with a spell of T20s in England, playing in the Blast competition for Kent…
Three-Test spinner Matthew Kuhnemann has signed with Tasmania in a bid for red-ball game time ahead of Australia's tour of Sri Lanka next summer.…
Last week, you read about the Matt XI, a compilation of the best cricketers ever to represent the name Matt. And to be fair,…
The Aussie needed every centimetre of his height and reach to reel that one in!
