Logo of Matthew Wade was recalled to the Australia white-ball sides after a remarkable domestic run

Usman Khawaja is out of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, with Matthew Wade to replace him

Logo of Matthew Wade was recalled to the Australia white-ball sides after a remarkable domestic run

The ICC has confirmed that the Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 has approved Matthew Wade as a replacement player for Usman Khawaja in the Australia squad for the remainder of the tournament.

The ICC received the relevant paperwork at 10h41am local time this morning (10 July) from Cricket Australia to apply to replace Khawaja who has sustained a hamstring injury which has ruled him out of further participation in the event.

The replacement of a player requires the approval of the Event Technical Committee before the replacement player can be officially added to the squad.

The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 consists of Geoff Allardice (ICC, ETC chairman), Campbell Jamieson (ICC representative), Steve Elworthy (CWC representative), Alan Fordham (host representative), Harsha Bhogle and Kumar Sangakkara (both independent representatives).