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Inglis was assessed in hospital yesterday and although the timeline for the recovery from the cut on his right hand is not long – and there is no tendon damage – he will now miss the tournament.
“We have got a bit of a problem to solve this morning around our back-up ‘keeper and also a back-up batter,” McDonald told SEN radio.
“We have got to work out what a squad would like going into a World Cup without a back-up ‘keeper and the scenario if Matthew Wade were to get injured on the morning of a game. What would you do there if you didn’t have a resource in the group that was a stand-out ‘keeper?.”
Inglis, who has played nine T20Is, is unlikely to feature in Australia’s starting XI during the tournament unless there is an injury to first-choice wicketkeeper Matthew Wade, or a concussion substitute is required. Australia can replace Inglis in their 15-player squad with ICC approval but he won’t be able to return.
McDonald said they were considering bringing in someone who doesn’t keep wicket, which could open the door for Cameron Green but the likes of Alex Carey, Josh Philippe and Ben McDermott were also in the frame plus quick bowler Nathan Ellis.
However, if the replacement was Green, McDonald confirmed he would not come straight into the XI.
“Does it create a headache if we being him in? No, it probably just gives us more options,” he told reporters at the SCG. “If Cameron Green was considered in the starting XI before the tournament started then he would have been in the 15 and he’s not, so if he was to come in there’s no way, unless there’s another injury, that he would come into the starting XI.”
Inglis was also part of the squad for the previous Men’s T20 World Cup in the UAE. However, he featured in just three of Australia’s games leading into this tournament; two matches on the tour of India and then the warm-up game against same opponents at the Gabba on Monday.
“The whole group is flat,” McDonald said. “Even though he hasn’t played a lot of cricket he’s an important member of the squad, was part of the last World Cup campaign as well. He’s obviously gutted, it’s a tight knit group and any time something like this happens you feel for that person.”
Inglis has made a good impression in his limited opportunities, with a strike rate of 141.02 from his inventive batting. He is viewed as the natural successor to Wade whenever he retires.
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