South Australian keeper Alex Carey has been called up to the Aussie one-day team.
National keeper Tim Paine has a gastro bug and is in doubt for Friday’s games against England in Brisbane.
“Alex Carey, who will be on standby, just got a beautiful hundred last night,” Australian opener Aaron Finch said on Thursday.
“He’s taken his game to another level. He showed a lot of promise in Shield cricket over the last couple of years, and then to come out this year when there was a lot of talk about the Ashes ‘keeping spot, and who was going to play, the way that he put his hand up and has continued to do so for such a young guy is really impressive.”
Carey smashed 100 from 56 balls in Adelaide’s BBL win over Hobart on Wednesday.
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