- Australia’s Matthew Short has been ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Cricket Australia has officially announced this through social media. Along with this, the Kangaroo team has also announced the replacement.
Matthew Short: India defeated New Zealand by 44 runs in the last group match. After this victory, Rohit Sharma’s team will face Australia on March 4. The first match of the semi-finals between the two teams will be played in Dubai. Just a day before this match, the strength of the Kangaroo team in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy has been halved. Because one of their dangerous openers Matthew Short has been injured and is out of the tournament. Cricket Australia has officially announced this through social media. Along with this, the Kangaroo team has also announced the replacement. Let us give you complete information in detail
Matthew Short injured before Champions Trophy semi-final
Australia’s last match in the Champions Trophy was against Afghanistan. But this match was canceled due to rain, meaning Australia has also suffered a major setback in the meantime. Australia’s best opening batsman Matthew Short has suffered a thigh injury. He looked uncomfortable while batting. He was also having trouble walking. In such a situation, on March 3, the Technical Committee of the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved Cricket Australia’s replacement. After this, he included Cooper Connolly in the team.
Cooper Connolly replaces Matthew Short
However, Australia has announced a replacement for the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy. But the Australian selectors will not give him a chance as an opening partner with Travis Head. There is a possibility that either young Jake Fraser-McGurk or Aaron Hardy may get a chance. However, the absence of Matthew Short is a setback for Australia. Because this player had shown the expected performance in the match so far. He had scored 83 runs in two matches. This was the reason why the Kangaroo team hoped that he would start the innings with Travis Head but this could not happen after he got injured.
This is how Cooper Connolly has performed so far
If we talk about Connolly, he has not played cricket yet. He is a left-arm orthodox spinner. 21-year-old Connolly has scored only 10 runs in three ODIs.