FORMER NSW Blues batsman Peter Forrest is the new Queensland cricket captain after a serious shoulder injury to stand-in captain Chris Lynn.

Lynn has been ruled out of the upcoming Matador Cup (domestic one-day) tournament, with Forrest annointed captain in Lynn’s absence and with new captain Usman Khawaja in the Australian Test squad.

Queensland wicket-keeper / batsman James Peirson has been called up as Lynn’s replacement in the Bulls’ Matador Cup squad.

media_camera Peter Forrestin action for the Queensland Bulls. Picture: Tim Marsden

Peirson was due to represent a Cricket Australia XI in the competition but has been granted permission to join the Bulls due to injury occurring prior to the tournament starting.

Lynn disclocated his left shoulder in a fielding session, with Bulls physio Martin Love saying: ‘’We can confirm he will miss the Matador Cup and the start of the Sheffield Shield season, but it is hard to put an exact timeline on his recovery until we have all information on the injury available.”

Lynn spent Thursday in hospital after a training drill gone wrong, forcing the Queensland Bulls to start an urgent hunt for their third new captain in quick succession.

Stand-in Bulls captain Lynn is set to miss the entire upcoming Matador BBQs One-Day Cup tournament after badly dislocating his left shoulder as he crashed to the turf in a fielding session.

Lynn tweeted a picture from his hospital bed which showed his left shoulder badly bent out of shape.

Not ideal a week out from the season. All positive vibes here tho 👍 https://t.co/Y9f3dFGf9v — Chris Lynn (@lynny50) September 24, 2015

The prognosis on Thursday night was the talented batsman would not require surgery but would miss the domestic one-day tournament, starting on October 5, for which he was recently named stand-in Bulls captain.

The talented 25-year-old batsman will embark on an intensive rehab program for his shoulder, the same one he had surgery on last year, and aim to be back for the start of the Sheffield Shield season in November.

The Bulls will greatly miss Lynn’s batting talents and it also puts them in the awkward position of having to find yet another captain.

With James Hopes stepping aside from the captaincy at the end of last season, Usman Khawaja was named Bulls captain but is unable to fulfil the role as he has been picked in Australia’s Test squad for Bangladesh.

Lynn was named stand-in captain in Khawaja’s absence, but will not get an immediate chance to fulfil his boyhood dream of becoming Queensland skipper.

Queensland is set to name a new captain on Friday, with batsman Peter Forrest the leading contender along with veteran wicketkeeper Chris Hartley.

Another option could be having Hopes step back into the captaincy while Lynn and Khawaja are not available.