Cricket Australia to probe into growing injury concerns - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 has decided to probe into the matter.
The ramping Australia cricket team faced a huge setback during the ongoing Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653, joined the list with a foot injury. The 21-year-old fiery speedster injured his left foot during Australia’s
innings win in the Sydney Test.
Scans on the injured foot revealed bone stress on the left foot of the Victorian pacer and ruled him out of the remainder of the four-match Test series.
Pattinson’s injury has come on a time when the Kangaroos were looking forward to inflict a 4-0 whitewash on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men. The hosts were already fielding a depleted pace attack in the home series as the teenage pace sensation http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins and
swing bowler Mitchell Johnson were making sidelines with their foot injuries.
Cummins the 18-year-old right-arm fast bowler is nursing a heel injury he had picked during his stupendous debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945 is recuperating from a toe injury and is unlikely to make a return this summer.
Another crucial casualty in the Australian camp is of the experienced all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 who is battling a hamstring strain.
Speaking to the media reporters on Saturday, Kountouris said that though injuries are pack and parcel of every sport but Cricket Australia has decided to launch a detailed probe into the recent spate of injuries.
"We're going back and looking at every injury, looking at workloads, how they felt, what they reported, and just seeing if we could have intervened to make a difference," Kountouris was quoted as saying by an Australian newspaper.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Michael-Lyon-c78822
will most probably keep his place in the squad as the only spinner.
The third Test of the four-match series starts at WACA, Perth on Friday, January 13.
Tags: