Summary Brett Lee has questioned Australia's rotation selection policy after injury to Mitchell Starc.
Senior paceman Brett Lee on Saturday questioned Australia s contentious rotation selection policy after injury struck down fast bowler Mitchell Starc ahead of the second one-day international against Sri Lanka.
Starc s future in the five-match series is uncertain after he suffered calf soreness in Australia s 107-run thumping of the tourists in the ODI opener in Melbourne on Friday.
South Australia s inexperienced 21-year-old paceman Kane Richardson has been placed on standby in the squad but is expected to be 12th man for Sunday s one-dayer in Adelaide with Ben Cutting likely to make his debut.
With Starc out, Lee criticised the rotation policy, branding it confusing.
"I believe, and I m a bit old school, that you ve got to earn your right to play for Australia," he told reporters on Saturday.
"You don t want to breed a culture where you re looking over your shoulder every time -- who s out this week? Who s getting rested? Who s coming in because there are four or five guys waiting to take my spot?.
"On the one hand I think it s great that everybody s getting an opportunity.
"But also, if I m a paying member of the public, I want to see Australia s number one side. What is that side? I don t know, no one knows."
Lee said relying on sports science as the basis for a rotation policy was flawed.
"It s all speculation, there is no proven stats as to a certain amount of balls you can bowl," he said.
"People are getting rested on what if someone gets injured.
"I just don t reckon you can do that, you can t have a what if sort of policy."
Australia will again rest Test men Michael Clarke, David Warner and Matthew Wade from Sunday s game in Adelaide.
