GEO 436 DUBAI: The ICC has confirmed the event technical committee of the ICC World Twenty20 2010 has approved Ryan Harris as a replacement player for the injured Brett Lee in the Australia squad for the tournament, which runs from 30 April to 16 May in the West Indies. The confirmation was conveyed to Cricket Australia on behalf of the event technical committee on Wednesday. Harris will replace Lee, who is suffering from an arm injury. Lee was declared unfit by his board and, as a result, CA chose to seek a replacement for the entire event. The 30-year-old Harris from New South Wales has previously played two Tests, 12 ODIs and two T20Is. Any injury-based replacement requires a written submission to the event technical committee along with a diagnosis from a medical practitioner as to the extent of the injury. Once replaced, a player cannot return to the squad. As with all players in the tournament, the eligibility of a replacement player is subject to approval by the ICC before that player can be officially added to the squad. The event technical committee of the ICC World Twenty20 2010 consists of David Richardson (ICC, chairman), Robert Bryan (Tournament Director), Campbell Jamieson (IDI representative), Tony Howard (WICB representative), Alan Wilkins (independent nomination) and Sanjay Manjrekar (independent nomination). Australia opens its campaign against defending champion Pakistan in St Lucia on May 2 and then takes on Bangladesh in Barbados on May 5.
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