MELBOURNE
\nAustralia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is set to return at number three in the first T20 World Cup warm-up against West Indies on Wednesday but will be spared bowling duties as he continues his recovery from an ankle injury.
\nMarsh\u2019s return is good news for defending champions Australia in the lead-up to the Oct. 16 to Nov. 13 World Cup given Marcus Stoinis is still nursing a side strain.
\nCaptain Aaron Finch said Stoinis remained on track to play against England in Perth on Sunday in the first of three T20Is.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s at a level where we think that he\u2019ll be fully fit for that first game against England,\u201d Finch told reporters on the Gold Coast on Tuesday. \u201cWe were just conscious of the travel with a quick turnaround.
\n\u201cIt can be quite a high-risk game for some guys with some soft tissue injuries so he\u2019s just still planning and preparing there.\u201d
\nShould Stoinis and Marsh prove their fitness over the next couple of weeks, Finch said it was unlikely that exciting young all-rounder Cameron Green would play a part at the World Cup.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t think so. It\u2019s just one of those things,\u201d said Finch.
\nGreen was not included in Australia\u2019s experienced 15-man World Cup squad but travelled with the group to India where he scored half-centuries opening the batting in two out of the three T20Is.
\n\u201cHe had a really good tour of India. It was good for him to get an opportunity to open the batting so he\u2019ll get more opportunities,\u201d said Finch.
\nOpener David Warner, who was rested from the India tour, will return against West Indies but Green could still feature in the two-match series given the injury-hit bowling stocks.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s never easy when you\u2019re trying to balance up the side, particularly when the all-rounders aren\u2019t fully fit at the moment,\u201d Finch said.
\n\u201cSo that gives us an opportunity to keep tinkering with the squad.
\n\u201cWe feel as though we\u2019ve got our best 11 in the back of our mind, but it\u2019s just not everyone\u2019s 100% fit at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MELBOURNE Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is set to return at number three in the first T20 World Cup warm-up against West Indies on Wednesday but will be spared bowling duties as he continues his recovery from an ankle injury. Marsh\u2019s return is good news for defending champions Australia in the lead-up to the Oct. 16 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-287732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n