Friday, February 12, 2010

Watson replaces injured Marsh in Aussie team

TAFF WRITER 9:35 HRS IST

Melbourne, Feb 13 (PTI) With Shaun Marsh ruled out due to a back injury, Australia today included all-rounder Shane Watson in their squad for the fourth one-dayer against the West Indies in Brisbane tomorrow.

"The Cricket Australia (CA) National Selection Panel has today announced that Shane Watson has replaced Shaun Marsh in Australia's squad for tomorrow's Commonwealth Bank Series match at the Gabba," CA said in a statement.

Watson was originally rested for the match but Marsh's injury ended his break.

"While it was initially planned for Shane to miss games three and four of the Commonwealth Bank Series, it was decided that with potential opening batsman Brad Haddin currently having his workload managed, the best course of action for the balance of the squad was to bring Shane back one game early," NSP Chairman Andrew Hilditch said.

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