The Australian pacer, Kane Richardson, has been ruled out of the limited-overs series against Pakistan due to a hamstring injury. Cricket Australia has named left-arm pacer Ben Dwarshuis as his replacement for the upcoming tour.
Details indicate that Richardson pulled his hamstring during a training session in Melbourne ahead of the squad’s planned departure to Lahore in a few days. Despite the injury not being considered a long-term problem, the team believes Richardson’s best interests are served by not traveling and aggravating the injury further.
Australia’s pace bowling options are severely impacted as their three-star pacers, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood have already been rested for the three ODIs and one T20I.
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The pace attack will be led by Australian pacer Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Ellis, and Sean Abbott, with Mitchell Marsh, Cameron Green, and Marcus Stoinis providing support for the front-line seamers.
Here is Australia’s updated white-ball squad:
| Aaron Finch (c) | Steve Smith | Travis Head | Marnus Labuschagne |
| Mitchell Marsh | Marcus Stoinis | Sean Abbott | Ashton Agar |
| Cameron Green | Alex Carey | Josh Inglis | Ben McDermott |
| Jason Behrendorff | Nathan Allis | Adam Zampa | Ben Dwarshuis |
Pakistan and Australia will play their limited-overs series beginning on 29 March with the first ODI. On 4 April, two teams will meet in a one-off Twenty20I marking the end of the historic tour. All games will take place at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
