Allrounder Mitchell Marsh, captain of the Australian T20 team, has regained fitness ahead of the team's first match of the T20 World Cup; however, he won't bowl, according to coach Andrew McDonald.
Marsh had to leave the Indian Premier League in April due to a hamstring injury and only returned to action this week in two practice matches in Trinidad.
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However, he did not field for the entire innings in either game, and the timeline for his return to bowling remains uncertain.
"For Mitch, (the warm-up games) were about ticking off where his body was at," McDonald said while talking to cricket.com.au.
"He fielded more overs, he was able to move more freely, so he's building a little bit of confidence there. It looks as though he's all set for the first game. The second part is just when the bowling comes back online ...it won't be the first game."
Marsh was named Australia's T20 skipper, replacing the retired Aaron Finch, won't have much match practice under his belt going into the opening game against Oman on June 6 in Barbados.
He scored 18 off 14 balls against Namibia and 4 off 4 against the West Indies in their two warm-up matches.
His recovery is the primary concern for an otherwise fit 15-man squad, which aims to add the T20 crown to their one-day and Test world titles.
Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green, who all missed the warm-up fixtures after playing in the IPL finals, will join the squad in Barbados.
"We feel as though we have plenty of time to bring that group together," said McDonald. "It's a familiar group, they've played a lot together. If they hadn't played a lot together, then the prep might have looked different.
"It will just be finalising the XIs for the games, and the balances that we want. We've got plenty of options," the coach added.
(With AFP inputs)
