Ben McDermott has been named to return for the Hobart Hurricanes while Pakistani import Faheem Ashraf is in line for his debut, while there was an update on Nic Maddinson’s worrying knee injury.
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The Hobart Hurricanes made a few changes to their 15-man squad to face the Adelaide Strikers on Monday, with Ben McDermott ($135k WKP/BAT) back after a hamstring issue.
Pakistani bowling all-rounder Faheem Ashraf ($105k BWL) has arrived and is named, replacing Jimmy Neesham whose stint is over. Wil Parker ($71k BWL) is also added to the squad.
The Strikers previously named an unchanged 13-man squad for the trip, with Jake Weatherald ($47k BAT) still sidelined.
The Strikers who said in an update: “Weatherald is unavailable for these two games after his abdominal strain, but will be reassessed once the team returns from Hobart.”
Hurricanes: Asif Ali, David, Dooley, Ellis, Faheem Ashraf, Jewell, Shadab Khan, McDermott, Meredith, Owen, Paris, Parker, Short, Tremain, Wade (c)
Strikers: W.Agar, Conway, de Grandhomme, Hose, Hunt, Kelly, Rashid Khan, Lynn, Manenti, Nielsen, Short, Siddle (c), Thornton
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Nic Maddinson ($89k BAT) was stretchered out of Sunday’s game against the Perth Scorchers with a worrying knee injury. Gades stand-in captain Aaron Finch said: “He’s going to have a scan tomorrow but it didn’t look very good. He’s still in quite a bit of discomfort. Looking at the replay, it looked like his foot got stuck in the ground and everything got twisted.”
Peter Handscomb ($51k BAT/WKP) also left the game in the fielding innings with apparent exhaustion amid hot conditions at Marvel Stadium. Finch added: “He’s OK now. He’s had an ice bath to try and get his body temperature. It was actually the umpires that were worried about him. They felt he was stumbling around and wanted him to go off. It was a little bit scary.”
Marcus Stoinis ($87k BAT/BWL) dominated this round with a huge knock against the Adelaide Strikers, having struggled earlier this season.
On his early season struggles, Stoinis said: “I was probably trying to do too much, too soon (early in BBL). Got caught up in wanting to hit boundaries… I was a bit frustrated with Covid early on and tried to do too much, too soon. You’ve got to keep yourself in check.”
