Short ruled out of final ODI with McDermott called up

Queensland batter Ben McDermott has been called into Australia's ODI squad after Matthew Short was ruled out of the third match against West Indies in Canberra on Tuesday due to a low-grade hamstring injury.

Short experienced the injury during Sunday's series-securing succeed at the SCG. He made 41 with the bat yet couldn't handle in the wake of experiencing the injury while batting.

There are no extra hitters left in Australia's crew after Travis Head was sent home to rest following the principal ODI at the MCG. McDermott scored a dazzling 146 not out for Queensland in a Sheffield Safeguard match against Tasmania on Saturday. He will connect up with the Australia crew in Canberra on Monday.

McDermott has not played an ODI for Australia since the visit through Pakistan in Spring April 2022. He made his sole ODI century on that visit. He played for Australia in the new T20I series in India following the World Cup and made 54 off 36 in the last T20I in Bengaluru.

Australia will likewise be without Josh Hazlewood in Canberra as he is set to stay in Sydney prior to connecting up with the T20I crew in Hobart in front of Friday's most memorable T20I against West Indies.

Spencer Johnson has additionally been called into the crew while Xavier Bartlett is probably going to get back to the side subsequent to being refreshed from the match in Sydney following his dazzling presentation in Melbourne.

Australia's selectors will probably have to add no less than another hitter to the T20I crew given Head has been refreshed from the whole series and Short will be in uncertainty with his hamstring injury.