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Younger spin-bowling all-rounder Cooper Connolly will substitute injured Matthew Brief within the Australian squad for the knock-out levels of the continued Champions Trophy. Brief was dominated out of the ICC occasion, being held in Pakistan and Dubai, on account of a calf damage sustained through 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 Occasion Technical Committee has authorized his inclusion within the Australian squad early on Monday.
Connolly has to this point featured in six internationals for Australia, of which three have been ODIs. He is a left-handed batter, who bowls left-arm spin as properly. Brief injured his calf on Friday whereas fielding and appeared hindered when making a quickfire 20 on the prime of the order earlier than the match was deserted on account of rain in Lahore.
“I think he’ll be struggling,” Australia captain Steve Smith had mentioned of Brief’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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