Watson ruled out of England clash

Shane Watson has been ruled out of tomorrow's Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series match against England with a tight right hamstring.

The 33-year-old will sit out of the clash against England as a precaution with only 23 days left until Australia's first match of the ICC Cricket World Cup.

Allrounder Moises Henriques has been called into the squad and is en route to Hobart, forcing his last-minute withdrawal from the KC T20 Big Bash League Sydney derby tonight.

Henriques is the Sydney Sixers captain, but Nic Maddinson will take over the captaincy for Brett Lee's farewell match in front of a sell-out SCG crowd.

National Selection Panel chairman Rod Marsh said: "Moises is one of our leading all-rounders, he has international experience, and in Shane Watson's enforced absence it made perfect sense to draft him in for this match.

"The intention is to release Moises, along with Cameron White and Shaun Marsh, after the match as it is our expectation that we will have George Bailey, Mitchell Marsh and David Warner available for selection for our match in Sydney on Monday."

Releasing the three after a solitary game will allow them to return to their respective Big Bash League clubs, with all three set to feature in this weekend's semi-finals. 

Watson had left Australia's net session in Hobart on Thursday after bowling but he did not bat.

He later returned to watch the remainder of the training run from the back on the practice area.

"The selectors have got to come down and weigh up our options with Watto going to be ruled out tomorrow," Australia ODI captain Steve Smith said.

"(Chairman of Selectors) Rod (Marsh) is on his way down here, so we're not 100 per cent sure of the XI yet.

"He (Watson) bowled this morning, I think he's just a little bit tight.

"I don't think it's anything too major. It's more of a precautionary measure to make sure he's right for the World Cup."

Whether Marsh and the National Selection Panel opt for a replacement batsman is yet to be determined, but allrounder Mitchell Marsh is with the squad and could replace Watson as a specialist batsman.

Marsh bowled off his long run at training yesterday for the first time since injuring his right hamstring in the second Commonwealth Bank Test against India in Brisbane, and bowled another three overs at full speed today.

George Bailey (suspension) and David Warner (hamstring soreness) will also miss tomorrow's clash against England, with Shaun Marsh to open alongside Aaron Finch, and Cameron White to bat in the middle order.

Marsh hit an impressive 79 from 51 balls in his return to competitive cricket for the Perth Scorchers in their thrilling KFC T20 Big Bash League loss to the Melbourne Stars at the MCG.

Left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty could return to the side for his home ODI after missing Australia's last-start win over India in Melbourne on Sunday.

Australia squad: Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Cameron White, Steve Smith, Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin, James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty, Gurinder Sandhu.

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Bupa Support Team staff Alex Kountouris (physio) and Darren Lehmann (head coach) watch traing with Shane Watson and Josh Hazlewood