Nathan Ellis has been ruled out of Scotland’s last two T20I matches against England due to a hamstring injury

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Nathan Ellis has been ruled out of Scotland’s last two T20I matches against England due to a hamstring injury

A hamstring injury in the Hundred ruled out Nathan Ellis’ farewell to Australia’s T20I squad, ruling him out of the series against Scotland and the eight white-ball matches that followed in England.

Ellis was targeting the Scotland series as a rare opportunity to lead Australia’s attack, with Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins rested and Josh Hazlewood out with a calf. But Cricket Australia announced on Friday that he had not recovered from a hamstring injury in time for selection and would fly home immediately.

The injury season – picked up while playing for London Spirit in the Hundred – is frustrating Ellis. He has played 17 T20Is, including three appearances in the 2024 T20 World Cup, but his chances depend on at least one of the ‘big three’ being rested.

Riley Meredith, who played his first international match since 2021 on Wednesday when Australia defeated Scotland in the first T20I, will remain with the team as cover. It left Somerset expecting Meredith’s absence for Saturday’s T20 Blast Finals, which takes place between the second and third matches of the England series.

Hazlewood arrived in England ahead of the first T20I on Wednesday at the Utilita Bowl. “[He] he will join the squad in Southampton as he recovers from a minor calf strain,” said a CA spokesman. Ellis was also due to feature in the five-match ODI series against England, which starts on September 19, with a replacement for now.

Meredith could, in theory, be cleared to play for Somerset on Finals Day – at Edgbaston on Saturday – but club captain Lewis Gregory said after their quarter-final win on Thursday night that they did not expect him to be available. Somerset have no players in England’s T20I squad, so they will have their full squad on their hands.

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