The 28-year-old lasted just nine minutes on his Toffees return at Goodison Park and is now a major doubt for the Barclays Premier League derby with Liverpool next Sunday.

Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, West Ham defender Lucas Neill, Celtic's Scott McDonald and Liverpool's Harry Kewell are all in line to start for Pim Verbeek's side in the Asian qualifying Group One fixture.

Adelaide United's Bruce Djite made his debut in the goalless friendly with Singapore on Saturday and is poised to make his competitive bow.

Mark Bridge, Adam Griffiths, Nikolai Topor-Stanley all made their debuts on Saturday and were also named in the 21-man squad for the fixture which is to be played at altitude in Kunming.

Australia Squad:

Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Covic (Newcastle Jets); Beauchamp (FC Nurnberg), Patrick Kisnorbo (Leicester), Lucas Neill (West Ham), Jade North (Newcastle Jets), Griffiths (Newcastle Jets); Bresciano (Palermo), Grella (Torino), Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Wilkshire (FC Twente), Carney (Sheffield United), Holman (NEC Nijmegen), Kewell (Liverpool), Jedinak (Central Coast Mariners), Valeri (Internazionale, on-loan to Grosseto); Bridge (Sydney), Djite (Adelaide United), McDonald (Celtic), Thompson (Melbourne Victory), Topor-Stanley (Perth Glory).