Senior paceman Brett Lee yesterday questioned Australia's contentious rotation selection policy after injury struck down fast bowler Mitchell Starc ahead of the second one-day international against Sri Lanka.
Starc's future in the five-match series is uncertain after he suffered calf soreness in Australia's 107-run thumping of the tourists in the ODI opener in Melbourne on Friday.
South Australia's inexperienced 21-year-old paceman Kane Richardson has been placed on standby in the squad but is expected to be 12th man for today's one-dayer in Adelaide, with Ben Cutting likely to make his debut.
With Starc out, Lee criticised the rotation policy, branding it confusing.
"I believe, and I'm a bit old school, that you've got to earn your right to play for Australia," he said yesterday.
"You don't want to breed a culture where you're looking over your shoulder every time - who's out this week? Who's getting rested? Who's coming in because there are four or five guys waiting to take my spot?