Hardie sidelined by quad strain but Morris returns while Boland rested

News Hardie sidelined by quad strain but Morris returns while Boland rested Nathan Lyon will sit out the Marsh Cup game against WA but is expected to feature in the Shield ESPNcricinfo staff 03-Nov-2023 • 54 mins ago Aaron Hardie has been in good form with the bat • Getty Images Allrounder Aaron Hardie will miss Western Australia’s upcoming Marsh Cup and Sheffield Shield matches against New South Wales in Sydney due to a quad strain. Hardie, who recently missed out on the Australia T20I squad to face India after the ODI World Cup, is only expected to be sidelined for a short period with WA aiming for him to return against South Australia on November 15. Hardie made 99 in his last Shield outing against South Australia, the game where he picked up the injury, and his absence will impact the balance of WA’s side with him having played an important role with the ball.

Related Paris takes 11 in the match as Western Australia surge to victory Lyon poised to sign with Lancashire after injury layoff provides new goals Bevan’s coaching role with struggling NSW fails to happen Cameron Gannon was also injured in that match and is ruled out of the SCG game, but WA are able to bring back quick bowler Lance Morris who was rested against SA as part of his CA-guided workload management. Morris won’t feature in the Marsh Cup game at Cricket Central on Saturday that precedes the Shield match. Jhye Richardson remains sidelined after recently dislocating his shoulder in a 2nd XI game.

Uncapped left-arm wristspinner Hamish McKenzie features in both the one-day and four-day squads while 18-year-old pace bowler Mahli Beardman could be in line for a List A debut. Nathan Lyon has been rested for the Marsh Cup encounter but he is expected to feature in the Shield game at the SCG as he continues to build towards a Test return after injury. Meanwhile, Victoria will be without Scott Boland for their Shield match against Tasmania at Junction Oval as he also has his workload managed ahead of the international summer.

Western Australia Marsh Cup squad Ashton Turner (capt), Cameron Bancroft, Mahli Beardman, Jason Behrendorff, Hilton Cartwright, Liam Haskett, Nick Hobson, Hamish McKenzie, Josh Philippe, D’Arcy Short, Charlie Stobo, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman Western Australia Shield squad Sam Whiteman (capt), Cameron Bancroft, Hilton Cartwright, Jayden Goodwin, Liam Haskett, Hamish McKenzie, Lance Morris, Joel Paris, Josh Philippe, Corey Rocchiccioli, Charlie Stobo, Ashton Turner, Teague Wyllie New South Wales Marsh Cup squad Ollie Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Moises Henriques (capt), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Sam Konstas (12th man), Blake Macdonald, Jack Nisbet, Jason Sangha, William Salzmann Victoria Shield squad Will Sutherland (capt), Xavier Crone, Travis Dean, Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, Marcus Harris, Campbell Kellaway, Todd Murphy, Fergus O’Neill, Mitch Perry, Will Pucovski, Matthew Short, Peter Siddle Aaron Hardie Lance Morris Nathan Lyon Scott Boland Western Australia Victoria New South Wales Australia The Marsh Cup Sheffield Shield.