The change leaves the defending champions without a backup wicketkeeper to Matthew Wade. But head coach Andrew McDonald is unconcerned
Australia have added allrounder Cameron Green to their men's T20 World Cup squad as a replacement for Josh Inglis.
The Yorkshire-born Inglis injured his hand while playing golf in Sydney on Wednesday (October 19).
Green was omitted from the original party despite enjoying a fine start to his T20I career.
In seven matches he has scored 136 runs at a strike rate of 174.35 while taking five wickets.
He recently deputised for Marcus Stoinis and Mitch Marsh while the pair were recovering from injuries.
But the move means the defending champions, who kick off their campaign against the Kiwis on Saturday (October 22), go into the tournament without a backup for wicketkeeper Matthew Wade.
Andrew McDonald is not worried by Australia's lack of wicketkeeping options (Jason McCawley/Getty Images)
Though a replacement could be enlisted it would not be permitted on the day of a match, per ICC rules, potentially leaving Australia short.
David Warner is the likely deputy while Aaron Finch has previously kept wicket in the Big Bash League. Mitchell Starc has even been mooted as a possible option by head coach Andrew McDonald, who is unconcerned by the situation.
"If you look back over World Cup selections there's been plenty of times where Australia have gone in only one frontline keeper in the squad," he said.
"That's just to give greater flexibility to batting and bowling structures within the team.
"It's a conversation about how we want to give ourselves the most amount of options as opposed to covering the small risk that is there."
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