Former Gloucestershire player Andrew Symonds looks set to make his full one day international debut for Australia.

The British born batsman played for Gloucestershire in 1995 and 1996 before he became illegible as a non-overseas player after playing for Australia 'A'.

Gloucestershire toyed with the idea of challenging the rule in the courts in order to strengthen their batting ahead of last season. The club decided that an attempt to bring Symonds back would damage the game.

Symonds has been called up to the Australia squad for the Wills International Cup after Tom Moody pulled out with a knee injury. He will join the squad when his Sheffield Shield match for Queensland finishes on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Jack Russell and England's preparations for the tournament continued will a practice session under the lights beneath which all the games will be played. It was hindered by rain but a game of football was possible.

Enlgand have the first of their two warm-up matches for the tournament tomorrow against Zimbabwe at the Bangladesh Sports Education Institute ground 40km from Dhaka.