Australia will make at least one change for Saturday's second ODI against New Zealand, with Marcus Stoinis primed to step up according to John Hastings.
It was Usman Khawaja's snubbing that set tongues wagging prior to Wednesday's first ODI in Auckland.
Khawaja is expected to return to the XI in Wellington but James Faulkner's hamstring injury has given chief selector Rod Marsh a more serious headache.
Faulkner's value to the side is impossible to underplay - he was man of the match in last year's World Cup final and has won ODIs with both bat and ball.
Stoinis has played a single ODI but Hastings says his Victoria and Melbourne Stars teammate is ready to deliver if called upon at the Cake Tin.
"Stoinis is a big guy, he's a confident guy who's got some really good skills," Hastings said.
"He did really well for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash with the ball, he opened the batting for them in that.
"He's got a lot of good things to offer as an all-round package.
"He's good in the field. He's got a good pair of hands and he's got some extreme power with the bat."
Hastings suggested Stoinis would have learned a lot from his brief taste of international cricket in England last year.
"He'll be better for it," he said.
"He can bowl some pretty handy slower balls and yorkers as well. If he gets a gig hopefully he will be well suited."
Hastings was Australia's most economical bowler in the ODI series opener, his 10 overs costing only 39 runs as NZ compiled a total of 8-307.
The 30-year-old conceded the inexperienced attack had to find a way to improve in the opening 10 overs.
"I don't think it will be different in the sense that we'll train any differently," he said.
"It will be more mentally coming up with a few different plans.
"How do we target those first 10 to 15 overs with the ball?
"We've just come off a really tough Indian series and they're some of the best players in the world and we struggled taking wickets in the first 10."
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