Australia v Sri Lanka: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Harris-c2330 eager to play 3rd Test despite fitness issues – Cricket News Update
Australia’s frontline pacer, Ray Harris, is desperate to go into the field and show his magic despite the hamstring strain that may rule him out of the third Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
While the last game of the three-Test competition is set to begin on Friday, September 16, 2011, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harris-c61739’ participation in the epic encounter is still in question, as the 31-year-old fast bowler
is fighting with fitness problems.
Yet, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823 paceman is not ready to surrender, saying that he will not wrap himself in the blanket and rest in the dressing room while his teammates are in action during the third
Test.
''I came over here to play three Test matches. [The selectors] probably had a thing in the back of their mind that maybe three back-to-back was going to be tough for me. But every tour I go
on, if it's a three- or five-match tour, I'm aiming to play five games. I want to be able to play every game I can,'' said the determined seamer.
Although, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s highest wicket-taker
so far in the series with 11 scalps in two matches.
The team management may not take the risk of putting Harris in the final playing XI for the Colombo Test, since the Aussies are scheduled to meet http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the near future.
The right-arm speed merchant himself conceded that his involvement in the third fixture will be a massive risk for him, as it may intensify his injury.
''I guess that's in the back of my mind. I'm not sure what the selectors think but the indications before tour were that there is a lot of cricket coming up and management was going to be
pretty important,” shared the Sydney-born bowler who has grabbed 31 and 41 wickets in Tests and ODIs for Australia respectively.
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