Australia head coach Justin Langer is optimistic that his side’s recent injury troubles will not affect the composition of their line-up, assuring that the squad has enough depth to fill the voids ahead of the World Cup semi-finals.

“There are probably about five different ways we can get out our batting order” Langer told reporters, ahead of Australia’s semi-final match-up against England. “We’ll keep sticking to the way we have picked over times – the top four guys who can score hundreds.”

With Usman Khawaja out due to a hamstring injury, Australia have called up Matthew Wade as a stop-gap replacement for the middle-order vacancy. Peter Handscomb is already with the squad, filling in for the ruled out Shaun Marsh.

Wade was the second-highest run-getter in both the 2018-19 Sheffield Shield, and the recent Big Bash season. His last game in Australian colours was during the India tour in 2017, having fallen out of national contention thereafter.

Further down the order, Stoinis’ absence could be filled by a like-for-like replacement in Mitchell Marsh, who has looked solid with the bat in the ongoing Australia ‘A’ tour, also in the UK.

“We’ll weigh it all up. Potentially with Mitch Marsh coming in giving us some medium pace. He’s been bowling as well, played four Australia A games in pretty good form with bat and ball.”

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