Stoinis has played all three of Australia’s games so far and made important contributions with the ball, but his availability for the rest of the campaign is in doubt.

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Australia captain Aaron Finch remained unsure how long Stoinis will be ruled out for, with the all-rounder scheduled to undergo reassessment before Australia take on Sri Lanka on Saturday. “[We’re] not exactly sure on how many games he’ll miss,” said Finch. “That’s why Mitch is flying over. It’s still being assessed, over the next couple of days we’ll have a clearer picture on what that looks like.”

Stoinis has not been officially ruled out of the squad just yet, as International Cricket Council (ICC) regulations state that once a player has been replaced they cannot compete in any further stages of the competition. Therefore, Australia are monitoring his recovery before confirming Marsh a a permanent replacement.

Marsh is highly regarded by Australia’s assistant coach Ricky Ponting. “I feel for him. I would love to see him in the World Cup squad. There is that danger man, x-factor about someone like Mitchell Marsh with the way that he can strike the cricket ball and his bowling is a little bit underrated as well. They’re the guys that can win you a World Cup.

[caption id=”attachment_109222″ align=”alignnone” width=”800″] Mitchell Marsh bowls during during an ODI against England, January 28, 2018[/caption]

Even though he hasn’t played an ODI in over a year, with his most recent outing coming in January 2018 when Australia took on rivals England in Perth, he offers experience and an all-round skillset. He has scored 1,428 ODI runs at 35.70, including one century.

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Marsh was due to fly over to England on Friday regardless, as part of the Australia A side who are touring England to take on various counties across the country in both List A and first-class matches.