{"id":7648,"date":"2025-07-20T05:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T05:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/7648\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T05:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T05:05:04","slug":"jake-fraser-mcgurk-recall-preview-matt-short-injury-mitch-owen-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/7648\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Fraser-McGurk recall, preview, Matt Short injury, Mitch Owen debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jake Fraser-McGurk has been handed a stunning international lifeline after two separate injuries led to his selection for Australia’s<\/a> opening T20 against the West Indies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having initially been left out of the squad for the five-game series altogether, Fraser-McGurk was a left-field replacement for fast bowler Spencer Johnson when he was ruled out with back soreness following the IPL.<\/p>\n

Then in Jamaica, Matt Short pulled up sore after a training session, and has since been sent home with a “minor” side strain, with Fraser-McGurk given the nod to open alongside skipper Mitch Marsh.<\/p>\n

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Fraser-McGurk announced himself to the cricket world with a world record century off just 29 balls in the domestic one-day cup before getting an international call-up, coincidently against the West Indies.<\/p>\n

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Jake Fraser-McGurk has scored a surprising recall to the Aussie T20 side for the series-opener against the West Indies.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

But he’s failed to fire on the international stage, having scored just 113 runs in seven T20s. His form was also mixed playing for San Francisco in the MLC.<\/p>\n

Selectors are playing it safe with Short, who is expected to return for the T20 series against the Proteas that starts in Darwin on August 10.<\/p>\n

And Short isn’t the only one to miss out on this match through injury, with selectors opting to rest Tim David as he continues his recovery from a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Mitch Owen – who scored a century in the BBL final for the Hurricanes on their way to a maiden title last summer – will make his international debut batting at seven.<\/p>\n

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Mitch Owen celebrating his century in the BBL final.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Marsh said the tight schedule – the five-game series will be played across only nine days – will give fringe players “opportunities” on the international stage.<\/p>\n

“First and foremost, it’s always ‘we’re representing Australia, we’re here to win the series’ and culturally, that’s how we want to go about it,” Marsh said.<\/p>\n

“There will be guys that get opportunities. We’ve obviously got a few guys missing for this series (for) a well-earned rest.<\/p>\n

“But we want guys to be flexible, fluid, and come together as a team and be really connected.<\/p>\n

“We don’t want anyone to come in here and feel like they have to prove themselves. We’ve really got a strong squad.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got guys that have been on the fringes when those (all-format) guys are around, but in this series they come together as our attack and as our unit, and we’ve spoken about really being connected and working together, and they’ll lead the team.”<\/p>\n

The Aussies will also be without Travis Head, Alex Carey and the fast-bowling trio of Pat Cummins, Mitch Starc and Josh Hazlewood for the series.<\/p>\n

The first game begins at 10am (AEST) Monday.<\/p>\n

Australia XI: Mitch Marsh (c), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Inglis (wk), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Mitch Owen, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Fraser-McGurk has been handed a stunning international lifeline after two separate injuries led to his selection for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-7648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}