Dubai, March 3 -- All-rounder Cooper Connolly comes in place of the injured Matthew Short in Australia's ICC Men's Champions Trophy squad, media reports said.
Cooper Connolly will replace Short, who suffered an injury during the Afghanistan encounter in the Champions Trophy, and was seen struggling on the field, according to an ICC report.
Short injured his calf while fielding and appeared hampered when making a quickfire 20 at the top of Australia's batting order before rain saw the match with Afghanistan in Lahore being abandoned.
"I think he'll be struggling," Australia captain Steve Smith had said of Short's injury status. "I think we saw tonight he wasn't moving very well, and I think it's probably going to be too quick between game...