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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Dernbach confirmed as Shazad’s replacement

Updated at: 2121 PST,  Friday, March 18, 2011
The ICC has confirmed the Event Technical Committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 has approved Jade Dernbach as a replacement player for the injured Ajmal Shahzad in the England squad for the tournament.The confirmation was conveyed to the England and Wales Cricket Board on behalf of the committee on Friday. Shahzad suffered a hamstring injury in a training session in the build-up to his side’s Group B match against the West Indies in Chennai.Any injury-based replacement requires a written submission to the event technical committee along with a diagnosis from a medical practitioner as to the extent of the injury. Once replaced, a player may not return to the squad save as an approved subsequent replacement for another injured player. Shahzad becomes the fourth player to be replaced in England’s squad – although Eoin Morgan subsequently returned as a replacement for the injured Kevin Pietersen. Dernbach, a right-arm medium-fast bowler with Surrey, was in England’s original 30-man squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 but failed to make the final 15 and has been touring the Caribbean with England Lions.As with all players in the tournament, the eligibility of a replacement player is subject to approval by the ICC before that player can be officially added to the squad.The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 consists of David Richardson (ICC, chairman), Prof. Ratnakar Shetty (Tournament Director), Campbell Jamieson (IDI representative), Anil Kumble (host nominee), David Lloyd (independent nomination) and Sanjay Manjrekar (independent nomination).