Star spinner Matt Kuhnemann is set to make his first appearance of the BBL season for Brisbane Heat on Friday night after recovering from a side strain.
The Australian representative missed the Heat’s first-up loss to the Melbourne Renegades last Monday in Geelong.
However, Kuhnemann has been selected in Brisbane’s squad for Friday’s Gabba battle against the Perth Scorchers.
His return comes at the expense of fellow left-arm spinner Paddy Dooley, who will drop out of the Heat squad.
“He’s bowling really well and he’s back to full fitness, so to have an Australian international player come back into our side is a big boost and we’re looking forward to having him back,” Heat star Nathan McSweeney said of Kuhnemann.
Brisbane has also called Toombul pace bowler Tom Balkin into its 14-player squad.
Balkin has been included as the Heat’s third “Local Replacement Player”.
English batsman Tom Alsop remains sidelined with a knee injury, while Test squad members
Michael Neser, Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne are also still unavailable.
Perth’s squad will be boosted by the return of pace spearhead Jhye Richardson. who had been training with Australia’s Test squad in Adelaide
Richardson has replaced wicket-keeper-batter Joel Curtis in the Scorchers 14-man squad
Heat: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Tom Balkin, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Liam Haskett, Lachlan Hearne, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan McSweeney, Colin Munro, Oli Patterson, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Hugh Weibgen, Jack Wildermuth.
Scorchers: Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Finn Allen, Mahli Beardman, Cooper Connolly, Brody Couch, Laurie Evans, Sam Fanning, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Bryce Jackson, Mitchell Marsh, Joel Paris, Jhye Richardson.
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