Hip injury rules out Taylor from Australia tour
November 30th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Melbourne, Nov 30 (IANS) Fast bowler Jerome Taylor has been ruled out of the ongoing cricket series against Australia due to an injury, it was announced by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) here Monday.
Team manager Joel Garner said that the 25-year-old injured his left hip and back while bowling on the opening day of the first Test Match against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Taylor bowled nine overs but was able to bat in either innings. He will return to Jamaica Tuesday to continue his rehabilitation. No replacement player has been named at the moment.
Meanwhile, middle-order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been responding well to treatment for a back injury that forced him to miss the first Test.
- Gayle hits back at West Indies Cricket Board - Apr 21, 2011
- Barath, Rampaul recalled for 5th ODI as Gayle ignored again - Jun 15, 2011
- West Indies replace Nash with Edwards, no place for Gayle - Jun 26, 2011
- Ex-great Garner demands review of Windies Test preparations - Nov 30, 2009
- WICB refuses contracts to Gayle, Sarwan, Bravo, Pollard - Oct 05, 2011
- Rain wrecks Windsor Park debut - Jul 07, 2011
- Gayle out of T20, two ODIs squad against India - May 30, 2011
- Gayle, Bravo left out of the first Test against India - Jun 18, 2011
- Chris Gayle leaves Australia to be with his ailing mother - Nov 18, 2009
- India will look to seal Test series at Kensington Oval - Jun 27, 2011
- Feeble West Indies top-order flattened in third Test (Lunch report) - Jul 07, 2011
- Ryder smashes record 16 sixes against Australia A - Nov 27, 2011
- We are missing Gayle, admits Sarwan - Jun 07, 2011
- Former West Indies captain Gerry Alexander dead - Apr 18, 2011
- Chris Gayle not considered for 3rd ODI against India - Jun 10, 2011
Tags: australia tour, back injury, bowling, brisbane, cricket series, first test, gabba, jamaica, jerome taylor, melbourne, opening day, sarwan, test match, west indies cricket, west indies cricket board, wicb
