Billy Stanlake has been included for the Hobart Hurricanes’ Monday game against the Perth Scorchers who haven’t selected Lance Morris, while Jhye Richardson offered an update on his heel.
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The Hobart Hurricanes have added Billy Stanlake ($68k BWL) to their 14-man squad for Monday’s game against the Perth Scorchers, who had already confirmed their traveling party, that didn’t include Lance Morris ($62k BWL) despite not being in the Test XI.
Hurricanes: Asif Ali, David, Dooley, Ellis, Jewell, Shadab Khan, McDermott, Meredith, Neesham, Paris, Short, Stanlake, Tremain, Wade (c)
Scorchers: Turner (c), Agar, Bancroft, Behrendorff, Connolly, du Plessis, Hardie, Hatzoglou, Hobson, Inglis (vc), Kelly, Lyth, McKenzie, Richardson, Tye, Eskinazi
For Sunday’s game, the Sydney Thunder and the Melbourne Renegades both named unchanged squads for their clash at Marvel Stadium.
Renegades: Maddinson (c), Finch, Fraser-McGurk, Harper, Harvey, Hosein, Moody, Richardson, Rocchiccioli, Rogers, Russell, Sutherland, Mujeeb, Wells
Thunder: Cutting, Davies, Doggett, Farooqi, Gilkes, Gray, Green, Hales, Holt, McAndrew, Ross, Rossouw, Sams, Sandhu, J.Sangha (c)
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Scorchers speedster Jhye Richardson ($149k BWL) was outstanding in Saturday’s win over the Sydney Sixers and hinted that he’ll be fine to go on Monday against the Canes, despite nursing a heel issue in recent weeks. He was on the team flight on Sunday to Hobart.
Richardson said about his heel after the game: “(Feels) All good. It was a bit of a race against time to get up. It’s one of those things where it’s not a traditional rehab progression… But I’m happy with how it went tonight.
On Sunday, he added: “I pulled up probably better than what I expected this morning, so very happy.”
On red-ball ambitions, Richardson added: “In the short term it’s about managing this heel injury and making sure that doesn’t flare up again. Off to a good start.”
The Scorchers also confirmed the singing of English left-arm fast bowler David Payne who will be available in the second half of the season.
Payne took 18 wickets in nine games with a 7.65 economy rate for Gloucestershire in this year’s T20 Blast, but only managed four dismissals in eight games for Welsh Fire in the Hundred. He’s a one-time England ODI representative.
