A lower back stress fracture is restricting star Australian cricket allrounder Ellyse Perry to batting only ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
Perry has been named in the powerful 15-player national squad for Birmingham, where women's T20 will make its Games debut.
But Cricket Australia says it's unclear for now whether she will bowl during their tour.
Australia will play a T20 series against Ireland and Pakistan in Derry from July 16-23 before the Commonwealth Games.
Their first Games match will be against India on July 29.
"Ellyse is recovering from a stress fracture in her lower back and is expected to play as a batter," team physiotherapist Kate Beerworth said.
"Her availability to bowl will be dependent on her progress in the coming weeks and on the medical advice."
Perry nursed a back injury during Australia's victorious 50-over World Cup campaign in March and April, missing their semi-final before returning for the final win over England.
"It's a credit to her to be able to bat as well obviously, I didn't know, I just read before that she actually did have lower back stress fractures," said teammate Ashleigh Gardner.
"It just shows probably even in that World Cup final she was probably holding that injury, but you just have to watch her in the field and she was still throwing herself around.
"She always gives 100 per cent to the team whether she is bowling or not."
By competing at a Commonwealth Games, Perry will add to her unique sporting resume.
The 31-year-old is the only Australian to have played in a cricket and a soccer World Cup, the latter in 2011 in Germany.
Perry is part of the same 15-player squad that dominated the one-day World Cup earlier this year in New Zealand.
The one change is the coach - Matthew Mott has left for the head role with the England men's one-day team.
Assistant Shelley Nitschke will be the interim women's head coach at the Games.
Australia also hold the Ashes and are the reigning T20 world champions.
They will start the Games as the overwhelming gold medal favourites and will face Barbados, India and Pakistan in Group A pool matches.
Group B features England, New Zealand, India and Sri Lanka, with the top two teams from the pools progressing to the semi-finals.
It will be the second time that cricket has been played at the Games - Steve Waugh's 50-over team won the silver medal at Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
While Australia will be the team to beat at the Games, they are yet to win at Edgbaston.
The women have lost their two Tests and only one-day international at the ground.
Squad: Meg Lanning (capt), Rachael Haynes (vice-capt), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda-Jade Wellington.
