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RAWALPINDI: Cricket Australia (CA) has made a late addition to their squad for the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan, with batting all-rounder Cooper Connolly set to join the side ahead of the first game, scheduled on May 30.

The series will open at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium before the action shifts to Lahore for the remaining two matches at the Gaddafi Stadium on June 2 and June 4.

Connolly’s inclusion comes after regular Australian captain Mitchell Marsh was ruled out of the tour due to an ankle injury sustained during his stint with Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season.

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In Marsh’s absence, wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis has been appointed stand-in captain for the series.

Meanwhile, Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed that a decision regarding Marsh’s availability for Australia’s upcoming white-ball tour of Bangladesh will be made later.

Australia are also expected to hand an international debut to emerging batter Ollie Peake as they continue reshaping the squad following Marsh’s withdrawal.

Updated Australia’s squad for ODI series

Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (c/wk), Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Riley Meredith, Ollie Peake, Matthew Renshaw, Tanveer Sangha, Liam Scott, Matt Short, Billy Stanlake, Cooper Connolly and Adam Zampa.

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Australia suffered a major blow after their humiliating defeat in the ODI series against Pakistan as all-rounder Cooper Connolly has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series.

Connolly fractured his left hand after being struck by Mohammad Hasnain while batting in the series-deciding third ODI in Perth yesterday.

The 21-year-old all-rounder was forced to retire hurt and did not return to the field due to the injury. He underwent scans which revealed the fracture, which ruled him out of the three-match T20I series against Pakistan.

Cricket Australia (CA) in an official statement revealed that Cooper Connolly has sustained a fracture to his fourth metacarpal.

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Meanwhile, the hosts have announced wicket-keeper Josh Philippe as Connolly’s replacement in the squad for the T20I series.

For the unversed, Pakistan, under newly-appointed captain Mohammad Rizwan, defeated Australia in the third ODI by eight wickets on Sunday in Perth to win their first series Down Under since 2002.

The visitors lost the first match of the three-match series by two wickets, however, they staged an impressive comeback to win the series 2-1.

The teams will now face each other in the first T20I on November 14 in Brisbane, with the next matches scheduled for November 16 and 18 in Sydney and Hobart, respectively.

Squads for Pakistan-Australia T20I series

Australia: Josh Inglis (c), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Josh Philippe, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

Pakistan: Muhammad Rizwan (c), Abbas Afridi, Agha Salman, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan, Irfan Khan, Jahandad Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Usman Khan.

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