Mascarenhas fills in for Tasmania

Dimitri Mascarenhas will fill in for Lasith Malinga in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash

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Hampshire captain and England all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas has joined Tasmania for Australia’s domestic Twenty20, the Big Bash.

The 32-year-old replaces the unavailable Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga, who is required for his country’s one-day series with Bangladesh, as the Tasmanian Tigers’ overseas player for the tournament.

Cricket Tasmania operations general manager David Boon said: “When Malinga was first signed we knew this was a possibility and, although it is disappointing, we have a suitable back-up player in Dimitri Mascarenhas, who will arrive in Hobart during December.”

Mascarenhas, born in Middlesex and brought up in Australia, has played 14 Twenty20s and 20 one-day internationals for England. He has also played limited-overs cricket for Otago and, in the Indian Premier League, Rajasthan Royals.

He is set to make his Tasmania debut on December 30 against New South Wales.