South Australia captain and wicket-keeper Graham Manou has been called up to Australia's One-Day International squad to replace Tim Paine, who has been ruled out of the rest of the ODI series in India.
Paine fractured his left ring finger trying to take a rising ball during the second match in Nagpur and Manou will become Australia's third limited overs wicket-keeper to be used this year after Brad Haddin.
Haddin is due to return to state cricket this weekend but was not considered as he is still in the early stages of recovering from his own fractured finger.
National Selecton Panel Chairman Andrew Hilditch explained:
“Tim Paine has a fractured finger from the game last night and is unable to take any further part in the series. He will return to Australia as soon as the replacement arrives in India.
"Graham Manou is travelling to India tonight and will be available for selection for the next game.
"Graham richly deserves this opportunity following his Ashes debut and his successful domestic season last year in all forms of the game.
"After extensive discussions with Cricket Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris and Brad Haddin it was considered it is premature for Brad to resume cricket for Australia, having not played first-class cricket since the Oval Ashes Test.
"It is expected Brad will make a return to first class cricket this weekend as the first stage of his preparation for a return to cricket for Australia.”
The third match is in Delhi on Saturday 31st October and the seven-match series is level at 1-1 and Paine is the latest Australian to miss matches due to injury. Before the series even began, they were without Nathan Bracken, Michael Clarke, Callum Ferguson and Haddin while in the opening match, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee all picked up injuries.
Moises Henriques is also flying out to India as cover for Hopes.
Paine fractured his left ring finger trying to take a rising ball during the second match in Nagpur and Manou will become Australia's third limited overs wicket-keeper to be used this year after Brad Haddin.
Haddin is due to return to state cricket this weekend but was not considered as he is still in the early stages of recovering from his own fractured finger.
National Selecton Panel Chairman Andrew Hilditch explained:
“Tim Paine has a fractured finger from the game last night and is unable to take any further part in the series. He will return to Australia as soon as the replacement arrives in India.
"Graham Manou is travelling to India tonight and will be available for selection for the next game.
"Graham richly deserves this opportunity following his Ashes debut and his successful domestic season last year in all forms of the game.
"After extensive discussions with Cricket Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris and Brad Haddin it was considered it is premature for Brad to resume cricket for Australia, having not played first-class cricket since the Oval Ashes Test.
"It is expected Brad will make a return to first class cricket this weekend as the first stage of his preparation for a return to cricket for Australia.”
The third match is in Delhi on Saturday 31st October and the seven-match series is level at 1-1 and Paine is the latest Australian to miss matches due to injury. Before the series even began, they were without Nathan Bracken, Michael Clarke, Callum Ferguson and Haddin while in the opening match, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee all picked up injuries.
Moises Henriques is also flying out to India as cover for Hopes.
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