The all-rounder sustained a hamstring injury during the Indian Premier League (IPL) in April and was ruled out of the tournament. He returned to action in the two warm-up fixtures earlier this week. In both the matches he did not field for the full innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, McDonald has confirmed that Marsh will play the match against Oman in Barbados on June 6 but only as a batter. His return to bowling is still uncertain. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cFor Mitch, (the warm-up games) were about ticking off where his body was at. He fielded more overs, he was able to move more freely, so he\u2019s building a little bit of confidence there. It looks as though he\u2019s all set for the first game,\" cricket.com.au quoted McDonald as saying.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe second part is just when the bowling comes back online ...it won\u2019t be the first game,\" he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Marsh replaced retired Aaron Finch as Australia's T20I captain last month. He scored 18 and four runs against Namibia and West Indies, respectively in the warm-up fixtures. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia were short of players for their both practice games as Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green spent some time home after returning from the IPL final earlier this week. They all will join the squad in Barbados.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe feel as though we have plenty of time to bring that group together. It\u2019s a familiar group, they\u2019ve played a lot together. If they hadn\u2019t played a lot together then the prep might have looked different,\u201d said McDonald.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt will just be finalising the XIs for the games, and the balances that we want. We\u2019ve got plenty of options,\u201d he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa. Travelling Reserves: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
--IANS <\/p>\r\n\r\n
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