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There is a bad news for Perth Scorchers fans out there, Fast bowler Alfonso Thomas will not be available for the Champions League as Somerset from the county have chosen to retain him for the ongoing season. Shaun Marsh has also been ruled out of the Champions League due to recently pulled up with a hamstring injury. Fast bowler Joe Mennie from South Australia will replace Alfonso Thomas, whereas Marcus North will replace Shaun Marsh. " It is obviously disappointing not to have Alfonso available, " Ben Oliver, the general manager of cricket operations for Perth Scorchers, said. " However, it is not unexpected and is part of the landscape of Twenty20 cricket. "In saying this, it is a great opportunity for Joe, who is a talented young bowler who performed well for us in last year's CLT20 tournament. Marcus is a proven performer at international level and we welcome his experience back into the side. "He was unlucky to miss initial selection in t...

An Australian cricketer Shaun Marsh who plays for Kings XI Punjab in IPL is ready to join the squad. He passed a fitness test in Australia on Friday. Marsh had been recovering from an injury he picked while playing for Australia A in February. " I'm feeling fit and healthy so I can't wait to get back to playing cricket again and am really excited about the next five weeks in the IPL, " Marsh said in a media release issued by Perth Scorchers , his team in the Big Bash . Marsh's recovery will be a bounce back situation for Punjab. He is by far the best batsman in Kings XI Punjab's squad. He has a century and hit the most number of boundaries for Punjab with the best average (45.80), and one of the highest strike-rates in the team.

The Australian top order batsman, Shaun Marsh have been signed by Glamorgan as their second overseas player for Friends Life t20. Marsh said, " Having played in both IPL and the Big Bash in Australia, I'm really looking forward to drawing on my experience and hitting some runs when I join up with Glamorgan. " " I played alongside Marcus at Western Australia before, so it will be great to join up with him again. Hopefully we can have a great t20 tournament and with the final of the competition in Cardiff it should be a great summer ahead. " Currently he is playing in the IPL for Kings XI Punjab , and scored over 1,300 runs in the tournament.

Shaun Marsh has been ruled out from the first  test against india starting from 26 December at Melbourne as he is yet to recover from his lower back injury and Shane Watson has been recalled to assess his fitness.

Sydney, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 Australian Board has retained Cameron White as a Twenty-20 team captain against Sri Lanka but out of the ODI team. Recently, the poor form of Cameron White, Shaun Marsh will replace him in the ODI team, who did not play at the World Cup this year due to injury. Australia will play two Twenty20 matches, five ODIs and three Tests against Sri Lanka starting from 6th August to 20 September.Test squad will be announced at the end of this month. Australia ODI squad : Michael Clarke (c), Shane Watson (vc), Doug Bollinger, Xavier Doherty, Brad Haddin, John Hastings, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, James Pattinson, Ricky Ponting, Steven Smith Australia Twenty20 squad : Cameron White (c), Shane Watson (vc), Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, John Hastings, David Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Stephen O’Keefe, James Pattinson, Steven Smith, David Warner