Pacer Ben Dwarshuis has been drafted in to make his one-day international debut for illness-struck Australia in the series opener against England at Nottingham. The 30-year-old Dwarshuis, brought into the squad late last week after Australia's pace bowling stocks were depleted by injury, gets his chance with both first-choice strike bowlers, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, being unwell. And Dwarshuis was set to be thrown straight into the fray after England's new stand-in captain Harry Brook won the toss and decided to bat on a Trent Bridge pitch that appeared to promise plenty of runs.
"Benny Dwarshuis is an incredible talent, he's played for New South Wales for a long time, won a lot of titles with the Sixers and we're rapt to see him out there," said Australia captain Mitch Marsh at the toss. "We're gonna have a bat, try and put a little bit of pressure on them in the first innings and get a big score," said Brook, who is replacing England's injured white-ball skipper Jos Buttler. "We were going to have a bowl so we're quite happy with that," responded Marsh, who's overseeing a side hit by illness and injury during the T20 series that was shared 1-1.
"We've had a bit of illness, and a few sore boys up at the T20s but that's international cricket, we move on and we're ready to go today." The in-form Josh Inglis wasn't considered as he's recovering from quad soreness sustained while fielding in the T20 match at Cardiff. Experienced hands Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne.