Australia’s campaign at the Twenty20 World Cup suffered a jolt as paceman Brett Lee was on Wednesday ruled out of the elite event after injuring his bowling arm.
Lee suffered the injury during Tuesday’s lost warm-up game against minnows Zimbabwe.
A few weeks back, Lee’s IPL stint was also hit by a fracture in the thumb of his right hand.
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According to the team spokesman, Lee strained a muscle in his right elbow.
“It’s a muscle strain. We have gone to the ICC Technical Committee to ask for a replacement player,” the spokesman was quoted as saying by local media.
The replacement player is most likely to be either Doug Bollinger or Ryan Harris.
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Both the pacers had put up a good show at the IPL-III with Bollinger’s team — Chennai Super Kings — winning the tournament.
Australia will play their opening game against defending champions Pakistan on Sunday in St Lucia.