Australian tearaway James Pattinson has been ruled out for the remainder of the Test series against India with a foot injury.
The 21-year-old fast bowling revelation has been cleared of stress fractures but complained of pain in his left foot on the fourth day of the second Test, and needs to be rested.
Ryan Harris and Mitchell Starc have been included in the squad for the next Test in Perth and will compete for the vacant fast bowling position.
"James Pattinson has been omitted from the squad due to a foot injury and has been replaced in the XII by Mitchell Starc," national selector John Inverarity said in a statement.
"The intention of the National Selection Panel was to rest James from the Perth Test match as this young man has played in four Test matches over a period of just five weeks.
"This intention has become a necessity after post match scans have revealed James' foot injury.
Squad physio Alex Kountouris said Pattinson will be managed carefully over the next few weeks.
"James Pattinson reported some left foot pain after the second innings of the Sydney Test match," he said.
"Whilst he was able to bowl unrestricted in the game, he did have pain towards the end of the match.
"As such, he had x-rays and scans after the game that have cleared him of a stress fracture but have demonstrated early stage bone stress injury of the metatarsal bone of the left foot."
Australia squad: Michael Clarke (capt), Brad Haddin, Ed Cowan, Ryan Harris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Mike Hussey, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.
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Tags: cricket, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia First posted January 06, 2012 19:36:05
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