James Pattinson out of Australia A tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 with abdominal strain – Cricket News Update
Australia’s emerging pace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 has pulled out of the Australia A tour of England due to an abdominal strain, he had sustained earlier this month.
The 22-year-old Victoria pacer, who recently played for the national team in a One Day International series against England, was supposed to remain in England after the ODI series and link-up with Australia A, which begins its tour today, July 27, with a
three-day match against Derbyshire.
But the right-arm medium pacer picked up an abdominal strain during the final ODI against England, at Old Trafford, Manchester, on July 20, and the Cricket Australia decided to send him home to undergo a rehabilitation in Melbourne. Pattinson’s stomach was
overshadowed by injuries to the pace trio http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558.
This was the fourth injury the Victorian speedster has sustained since his breathtaking entrance to Test cricket, in December last year. Earlier he suffered foot, buttock and back problems, at various occasions.
Last week, Pattinson was left out of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, and the medium-pacer admitted that it had become quite difficult for the contemporary fast bowlers to cope with all three
formats of game.
Though overlooked for September’s mega event, Pattinson has been picked up in the squad for the limited-overs series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 next month, and the team management is hopeful the 22-year-old will be fit for the assignment.
The Victorian pacer is expected to resume bowling with Bushrangers next week.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alister-McDermott-c43674 is already in England with the A team, as cover for teenage pace sensation, Pat Cummins, who had sustained
a side strain during the first ODI against Poms, at Lord’s last month.
The Australia A team is scheduled to play two three-day fixtures against Derbyshire and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808.
The latest setbacks deprive Pattinson and Cummins of the opportunity to build valuable experience with the red ball in English conditions ahead of next year's Ashes series.
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