The fast bowler Ryan Harris has been cleared to play for the Brisbane Heat in Tuesday's Twenty20 Big Bash League match against the Melbourne Stars as he aims to prove his fitness for the Boxing Day Test. Harris, 32, has spent the past five weeks recovering from a hip injury that
ruled him out of the second Test of Australia's tour of South Africa.
ruled him out of the second Test of Australia's tour of South Africa.
The uncertainty over how his body would handle five days of cricket is likely to discourage Australia's selectors from risking Harris in the Melbourne Test against India. However, Harris wants to give himself every chance of playing, having missed Australia's past three Tests, which gave the young fast men James Pattinson and Pat Cummins an opportunity to shine.
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