Shane Watson ruled out of tri-series in Zimbabwe

Shane Watson on day tour of Australia lost after stepping on a ball and roll to Zimbabwe only in training in Brisbane on Saturday. Watson will be replaced in the squad Phillip Hughes of Australia, to miss out on selection as the original tour, which is just the first Australian has become a double century unlucky List A party was announced was scoring.

A freak injury ruled Watson out. (Reuters)

Camp Australia hopes Watson will be ready for the series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in October, but was unlikely to recover in time for the triangular series in Zimbabwe and South Africa. One day squad in Brisbane, Australia had convened for several days of training prior to his departure from Zimbabweon Wednesday.
"Shane today unfortunately sprained his right ankle in training, damage anklets," said Alex Kountouris, team physio,. "His ankle is swollen and painful, but is expected to recover with a period of rest.
"Because of the compact nature of the tour, we have a decision that Shane would probably be enough time for the series to recover. He will return to Sydney in the next few days to continue his recovery and be ready for the tour of the United ready Arab Emirates. "

Watson was able to open  Watson was probably the batting with Aaron Finch opens in Zimbabwe, in the absence of David Warner, who remained home to prepare for the birth of their first child. Before Watson's injury will again before the ODI World Cup and a series in Darwin will begin touring in stronger form than a day after the recent Australia has to offer. An opportunity for Hughes to their demands
It was there that Hughes scored an unbeaten 202 against South Africa in late July, but was surprisingly left out of the squad a day when it was announced a few days. The selectors had chosen a squad heavy and light on the multi-specialist batsmen, and an "extremely disappointed" Hughes continued with Australia A for their ongoing four-day series against South Africa A.

"With Shane excluded from the tour, the group of the national team clearly feels to go natural player is Phil Hughes," Rod Marsh, chairman of selectors, said. "As I said before, Phil had to be in the squad after showing some great form in the Australia A series unlucky not to be picked and was the natural choice to come for Shane in.

"The NSP is very pleased with the depth of the bowling equipment, but Watson has no meaning other higher-order batsman needed."
Hughes was overlooked as a limited-overs from the early years of his international career, despite strong domestic form one-day player, and when he was called up for his debut in January last year, he started with two centuries in his first series . However, he was dropped after the tour of India in November last year, Finch, Warner, Shaun Marsh and Watson already used at the top of the order in the summerhouse.

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