Australian bowler John Hastings will be replaced by fellow Victorian quick Scott Boland for Australia's one-day international tour of the West Indies after succumbing to an ankle injury.
Hastings, forced to return home from the Indian Premier League after hurting his ankle in a warm-up, had been racing the clock to be fit for the tri-series against West Indies and South Africa.
However further scans revealed the early stages of stress fractures in his fibula bone near his ankle, and the 30-year-old went under the knife on Sunday under the recommendation of Cricket Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris.
"While laid off with this injury we have taken this opportunity to undertake arthroscopic surgery to remove bone spurs in his left ankle which have been causing him concern for some time and were possibility contributing to the cause of the bone stress," Kountouris said.
"John had this surgery over the weekend and now requires a period of rest to resolve the bone stress and recover from surgery before he will resume bowling."
The 27-year-old Boland, who made his international 50-over debut in January against India, has played six one-dayers for Australia, taking five wickets.
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