Sydney, Aug. 14 -- Australia have been dealt a blow with news that three key players will miss
this month's ODI series against South Africa due to injury.
Batting duo Matt Short (side) and Mitch Owen (concussion) and all-rounder Lance Morris (back) will be sidelined for the three-match series that commences in Cairns on August 19, with the side drafting in spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, pacer Aaron Hardie and all-rounder Cooper Connolly as their replacements.
Short hasn't recovered from the side injury he picked up at training during the recent white-ball series against the West Indies in the Caribbean, while Morris has reported back soreness and been sent back to Perth for further examination.
Owen, meanwhile, picked up delayed concussion ...