Adelaide. Australia's young fast bowler Mahali Beardman, who performed brilliantly in the first ODI against England, will not play in the second ODI to be held on Sunday (November 15) afternoon.
The Australian team management is taking precautions to control his workload. Beardman created history by taking six wickets in the first ODI played in Perth on Friday.
He took six wickets for 24 runs, which is the best performance by an Australian bowler on ODI debut. Thanks to his brilliant bowling, Australia won by seven wickets.
The 21-year-old Beardman has a history of back injuries. Recently, he was out of the field for seven months due to the re-emergence of a stress fracture after his T20 International debut.
For this reason, Australia is taking extra caution regarding his workload keeping his future in mind.
According to Cricket Australia, Beardman is gradually building up his physical fitness following recent injuries. He will return to the playing eleven for the third ODI in Hobart on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Tasmania's fast bowler Nathan Ellis has been ruled out of the five-match T20 International series against England due to injury. He has not yet fully recovered from the side strain injury.
Ellis suffered a left hamstring injury during Australia's 1–2 ODI series loss to South Africa in September. Due to this he could not even play the last match of the series in Potchefstroom.
In place of Ellis, left-arm fast bowler Ben Dwarshuis has been included in Australia's T20 team. He will have a chance to play an international match for the first time after the ODI series against Bangladesh in June.
The five-match T20 series will start in Melbourne from Saturday. Riley Meredith has also joined the Australian team in Adelaide for the final two ODIs of the series.
He played the first three days of the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland before being recalled to join the national team. Playing for Tasmania in this match, he took four wickets.
In the second ODI, one of the fast bowlers Riley Meredith and South Australia all-rounder Liam Scott is likely to be included in the playing eleven in place of Beardman.