Allrounder James Faulkner is battling a toe injury and will miss Tasmania's Sheffield Shield clash against South Australia.
Tigers coach Dan Marsh said 25-year-old Faulkner had struggled with the problem for some time and it had become more troublesome despite nothing showing up on scans.
"He's had it since the first game of the year and we've been trying to get him through game after game, and obviously it's started to affect his knee, so the way he's started to walk," Marsh told reporters ahead of the shield match at Bellerive starting on Friday.
"We're hoping it's only going to be a short-term thing, hopefully a quick turnaround."
Marsh said the toe injury caused Faulkner problems during Tasmania's last-round, 223-run win over NSW in Sydney.
"Once his toe has healed he can go back to wearing (and) being comfortable in his shoes which will then make him walk okay," the coach said.
"It's not a huge issue but we just felt he couldn't get through this game."
Paceman Andrew Fekete returns for Tasmania after being dropped from the squad last round due to a technique issue.
"He's doing the right things in the nets so we're keen to see how it goes in a game situation," said Marsh, who has previously detailed how Fekete wasn't getting enough height before releasing the ball.
It's good news for the right-arm quick whose omission from the Tigers' squad last round was an added blow following the cancellation of Australia's Test tour to Bangladesh in September after he been selected for the first time.
South Australia welcome back Daniel Worrall who has missed the past two rounds with a hamstring injury.
But experienced quick Kane Richardson did not cross Bass Strait as he recovers from a quadricep strain.
Tas: George Bailey (capt), Alex Doolan, Jackson Bird, Xavier Doherty, Jake Doran, Ben Dunk, Andrew Fekete, Hamish Kingston, Dominic Michael, Sam Rainbird, Tom Triffitt, Beau Webster.
SA: Travis Head (capt), Nick Benton, Tom Cooper, Mark Cosgrove, Callum Ferguson, Jake Lehmann, Tim Ludeman, Joe Mennie, Alex Ross, Chadd Sayers, Daniel Worrall, Adam Zampa.
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