Event technical committee confirms David Hussey can replace Clarke

The ICC has confirmed the event technical committee of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 has approved a change in the Australia squad for the tournament, which runs until 5 October.

David Hussey may now replace Michael Clarke, who missed the matches against the West Indies and India due to a persistent lower back problem.

The confirmation of Clarke's replacement was conveyed to Cricket Australia (CA) on behalf of the committee on Wednesday.

Hussey, the 32-year-old Western Australian and younger brother of Michael, has played 23 ODIs and 11 T20Is for Australia, scoring 598 and 236 runs respectively. His last ODI appearance was against Scotland at Edinburgh during the tour of England this summer.

The event technical committee of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 consists of David Richardson (ICC General Manager ? Cricket and event technical committee chairman), Don McIntosh (tournament director), Campbell Jamieson (representative of IDI, the ICC's commercial arm which runs major ICC events), Mike Gajjar (CSA representative), Sanjay Manjrekar (independent nomination) and Nick Knight (independent nomination).

Australia takes on England in the first semi-final at Centurion on Friday.