Lance Morris out for a month following engagement party mishap

The incident, which occurred at his parents' house, came just hours after Morris made a successful return to professional ranks after 18 months out due to back surgery.

In his first game for WA since surgery, he took 3 for 29 from 10 overs, with two maidens, against England's ODI line-up including dismissing Tom Banton and Joe Root with extra pace and bounce.

"Lance successfully underwent surgery yesterday to repair a cut to his non-bowling [left] hand," WA high performance manager Kade Harvey said. "We anticipate Lance will return to bowling next week, with the goal of playing in approximately four weeks.

"Lance sustained the cut after slipping and falling on glass at his engagement party at his parents' house on Saturday night."

Morris' return to WA colours had previously been delayed after he suffered a side strain late in the pre-season. Following the performance against England he was being set for another start against Victoria in the One-Day Cup next Monday.

Australia's chair of selectors George Bailey said prior to the injury being revealed that he was excited by what he saw from Morris against England.

"Just excited and happy to see Lance back playing," Bailey said on Monday. "I think particularly that latest setback he had just prior to the start of the season, it just felt like just give the man a little bit of luck. But so yeah, great to see him back on on Saturday against against England, and pretty impressed by how quickly he seemed to get back into into his work and bowled good pace and good areas, and got a nice performance outcome. But overall, just really happy to see him back."