Alastair Cook hopes http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 recover soon – Cricket news
England captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 is expecting his frontline pacers Stuart Broad and Steven Finn to recover in time for their ICC Champions Trophy campaign, commencing at Birmingham on Saturday, June 8, 2013.
“They are both a concern,” admitted the home skipper Alastair Cook while speaking to media reporters after the 86-run crushing at the hands of the Black Caps on Sunday, “but five or six days is still quite a long way away. They've missed two games and been out for a while, so we'll see.”
Broad, 26, is nursing a bruised right knee, which he sustained on the final day of the second and final Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 at Headingley late last month, while Finn is battling sore shins. The respective injuries forced the English pace-bowling duo to sit out the first two ODIs of the three-match One Day International series against the Black Caps, and are doubtful starters for the third and final ODI to be played in Nottingham on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The tourists have already won the series.
With less than a week to go into the seventh and final edition of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, Finn and Broad are facing a race against time to return to full fitness and make themselves available for the esteemed one-day tournament. The duo is scheduled to undergo fitness tests on Monday, however, a clear picture of their chances of making the Champions Trophy will be available only after the English squad reconvenes at Trent Bridge.
“I think that would be doing a disservice to the other 13 guys in the squad,” said Cook when asked about the worst-case scenario where the Three http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 lose both the pacers. “If you take two premier bowlers out of any side it will hurt and you might have to change the way you play.”
With two of their strike bowlers under injury cloud, it is a worrying situation for the hosts. As per ICC rules, teams can replace injured players but once a player is removed from the 15-man squad, he cannot return to the team. So it would be a gamble for the Poms to call up a cover or replacement for either of the two pacers.
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