Shakib Al Hasan: “I feel better after they took out the pus, but the problem is until the infection isn’t gone, there isn’t going to be a surgery on my injured finger”
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Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will have to wait for up to three weeks before he can have his injured finger surgically repaired after his left hand became infected.
Steve Smith grimaces after being struck on the hand
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Australia were given a major scare ahead of the Boxing Day Test as captain Steve Smith was struck on the hand during a training session.
Ben Stokes is expected to be fit for the Ashes after fracturing his hand
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England all-rounder Ben Stokes will continue to be vice-captain of the Test team despite sustaining a fractured hand in an altercation outside a nightclub in Bristol that led to him being arrested.
“There have just been too many times when we as a team go, gulp, ‘Vern might be injured again'”
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South Africa all-rounder Vernon Philander will work on his fitness and conditioning ahead of the Proteas’ summer at home.
Moeen struck eight boundaries and three sixes during his unbeaten knock of 67
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Rain might have had the final say on the third day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, but prior to that, South Africa put up a valiant fight, that was until Moeen Ali smashed an unbeaten 67 to hand England a 360-run lead.
“There’s been too many times where you’re fighting to get him onto the field”
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Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith has lashed out at pace bowler Vernon Philander after he was ruled out of the fourth Test against England with a back injury.
Rabada’s dismissal of Stokes in the penultimate over of the day was huge for South Africa
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England and South Africa battled hard on the first day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, but neither side were able to claim the upper hand.
This is the fourth time Topley has suffered a stress fracture in his back
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Left-arm seamer Reece Topley, who plays for England and Hampshire, faces a lengthy layoff after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his back.
“He will miss a minimum of four weeks”
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Sri Lanka all-rounder Asela Gunaratne will miss the remainder of the Test series against India, as well as the ODI and Twenty20 series that follows.
Gunaratne is being transported to Colombo, where he will undergo surgery
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Sri Lanka all-rounder Asela Gunaratne could be ruled out for the rest of the ongoing Test series against India after he fractured his left thumb while fielding on the opening day of the first Test in Galle.
