http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 – Cricket News Update
Australia have major injuries worries ahead of their clash against close neighbours, New Zealand with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945 all set to miss the first Test, which starts from December 1st at
Brisbane.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 suffered a similar fate in the opening game where his back problem forced him to bat down the
order in an innings where his side stumbled on 47 – their lowest score in over hundred years.
While the other injured trio http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326, Johnson and Cummins all picked up respective niggles during the team’s thrilling win in the second Test match at Johannesburg. Watto has a hamstring strain which lemmatized his bowling, while the Kangaroo pace duo are
dealing with foot and heal injuries respectively.
"We unfortunately suffered some injuries during the recent Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757. With such a short turnaround time between series, five players who were involved in the series will not fully recover in time to play the first Test against New
Zealand," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Howard-c63371, the CA team performance manager, said.
While the extent of their injuries is unknown, it is expected that Watson and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362 are still in reckoning to play some part in the series against the Kiwis. With the second Test match beginning from the 9th of December, it allows them time to
recuperate and get some match time before the start of another crucial series, which sees the hosts batting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in a four-Test match series.
The likeliest return for the Kangaroo’s pace trio (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377, whose own place had been come
under scrutiny due to a loss of form over the past 12 months.
However, the injuries now also give some younger players the chance to cement a place in the side with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Copeland-c2709 and Usman Khwaja all set to feature for the Kangaroos.
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