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“I will be able to do a good enough job”
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has been given the green light to bowl during the first Ashes Test against arch-rivals England on November 21 in Brisbane.
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“I will be able to do a good enough job”
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has been given the green light to bowl during the first Ashes Test against arch-rivals England on November 21 in Brisbane.
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“Where I sit right now is I don’t know when I’ll be back playing cricket”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has admitted “there’s certainly no guarantee” that his back injury will fully recover by the time the Ashes series against arch-rivals England begins on November 21 in Brisbane.
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Ballance, Stokes and Rankin are the three new faces in the squad
Zimbabwe-born batsman Gary Ballance, all-rounder Ben Stokes and rangy pace bowler Boyd Rankin have all been included in England’s Ashes squad for their tour of Australia in November.
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Cummins has not played a Sheffield Shield match since March 2011
Australia pace bowler Pat Cummins is set to miss his third consecutive home summer after his lower back stress fracture resurfaced during Australia A’s tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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Pattinson will be looking to pull off a James Anderson
Australia pace bowler James Pattinson, who was recently diagnosed with a stress fracture of the lower back and ruled out for the remainder of the Ashes series, has announced that the seriousness and timing of his injury is “far from ideal”.
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Pattinson does have the tendency to succumb to injuries on a regular basis
It seems as if there is a curse on Australia’s pace bowlers as every time a big series comes around, one of them sustains a serious injury, and the tradition continued during the ongoing Ashes series as 23-year-old James Pattinson was ruled out for the remainder of the historic series with a stress fracture of the lower back.
De Lange was the most successful Test debutant in 2011
South Africa pace bowler Marchant de Lange is nearing his international return after having spent nearly nine months on the sidelines with a stress fracture in his back.
Pattinson feels more pain after playing in limited overs matches
Australia pace bowler James Pattinson has announced that the growing number of limited overs matches in cricket today is responsible for shortening the career of Test bowlers due to the number of injuries they sustain.
Kleinveldt will be looking to make a huge impact in his maiden Test match
Coming off a massive win against England this summer, which earned them the right to be called the number one Test team in the world, South Africa have been looking to retain the same squad they had during their upcoming tour of Australia.
De Villiers has not missed a single match since the start of the Test series against England
South Africa wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers has pulled out of playing in the Champions League Twenty20 and could likely miss the entire upcoming Test series against Australia after suffering two separate injuries during the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20.