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Clarke will lead New South Wales in their first Sheffield Shield match if he passes a fitness test
Australia captain Michael Clarke is highly likely to make his comeback during New South Wales’ first Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania on October 30 in Sydney.
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“We’ll continue to monitor him closely”
Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris has revealed that captain Michael Clarke could start playing first-class cricket as early as next week after having nearly fully recovered from his chronic back injury.
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Akmal will play his first match since suffering a seizure during the CPL
Pakistan have recalled wicketkeeper batsman Umar Akmal and pace bowler Wahab Riaz for the upcoming ODI series against South Africa, which gets underway on October 30 in Sharjah.
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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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Akmal suffered the seizure while representing the Barbados Tridents in the CPL
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal has been cleared to resume playing cricket with “no restriction on physical activity or exertion” after getting a clean bill of health from his neurologist.
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Dhoni may also miss India’s tour of Zimbabwe
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been ruled out for the remainder of the ODI tri-series, involving Sri Lanka and the West Indies, after he sustained a hamstring injury in his side’s narrow one wicket loss to the men from the Caribbean.
Woodhill revealed that Taylor has continued to be treated badly since New Zealand’s tour of the West Indies last year
Former New Zealand assistant coach Trent Woodhill has announced that he used to be “really frustrated with the way Ross Taylor was being treated” during his time with the national team.
Morris admitted that he had never seen “this much money”
South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris, who had a base price of $20,000 in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, admitted that he was not expecting to be bought for a whopping $625,000 by the Chennai Super Kings.
Samuels was initially diagnosed with a broken eye socket
Australia and Melbourne Stars batsman Cameron White believes West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels is not a “well-liked” man in the country after his infamous confrontation with ex-Australian ‘spin king’ Shane Warne.
Steyn admitted his performance during the first two Tests was shabby at best
South Africa pace demon Dale Steyn has revealed that he fired himself up before the start of the third Test against Australia at Perth by telling himself that it would be unsatisfactory if the top Test team in the world left the country with the three-Test series ending 0-0.
