Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis is “touch-and-go” for his or her World Cup opener towards India on the weekend after selecting up a hamstring drawback in a one-day worldwide towards the hosts final month.
The 34-year-old pulled up sore after Australia’s first recreation of their 2-1 collection defeat and missed two warm-up matches, with uncertainty over his health earlier than Sunday’s opener in Chennai.
“That happened after the Mohali game,” Australian coach Andrew McDonald said on Thursday.
“He pulled up somewhat bit sore from that recreation after which additional investigation clearly led to that being a slight hamstring, after which he is simply rehabilitating.
“It’ll be touch-and-go for game one. He hasn’t certainly been ruled out of that, but we weren’t prepared to risk him in those practice games.
“So he is being in all probability slow-played somewhat bit with the view to those subsequent couple of days being actually vital for him to press for choice for recreation one. We’ll see the way it unfolds.”
Stoinis is one of five all-rounders in the Australian squad, with all of them expected to play important roles in their quest for a sixth World Cup title.
McDonald said their lone specialist spinner Adam Zampa’s workload was also being managed ahead of the tournament.
“He did pull up sore from the second recreation within the ODI collection (towards India), however nothing vital,” McDonald said.
Opening batsman Travis Head is also recovering from a fractured hand, and McDonald said he expected an official update on Wednesday or Thursday next week.
“That will give us much more data as to the ultimate time frames and when he doubtlessly can be a part of the group, however till we get that then he’ll stay at residence coaching and prepping his physique as a lot as he can,” the coach stated.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
