Injury rules out Mitchell for rest of season
February 17th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANSSydney, Feb 17 (IANS) Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of cricket for months with a bone stress injury in his lower back, and he will miss the rest of the ODI triangular series featuring India and Sri Lanka.
Mitchell has also been ruled out of contention for a place in the squad to tour the West Indies.
“Mitch complained of quite significant lower back pain during (Thursday’s) training session at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG),” Cricket Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said.
“After assessing him and considering his age, we organised scans in Sydney … that have confirmed suspicions of a lower back bone stress injury.
“He will have further scans tomorrow in Melbourne to determine the extent of the injury, which will help outline the period of rest required from cricket.
“We expect he will not play as a bowler for the remainder of this season but will be in a position to provide further information once we have the results of tomorrow’s scans,” he added.
The national selection panel will announce in due course a replacement player for Brisbane ODI against India slated for Sunday.
- Pattinson ruled out of India series, Star named replacement - Jan 06, 2012
- Ferguson to replace Marsh for remaining Sri Lanka series - Nov 04, 2010
- Harris returns to Australia Test squad - Dec 30, 2011
- Australian fast bowler Hazlewood out of India tour - Sep 18, 2010
- Hauritz doubtful for England series, World Cup - Jan 22, 2011
- Injured Siddle and Pattinson out for remainder of tour - Apr 20, 2012
- Sidddle out of New Zealand tour due to stress fracture - Feb 03, 2010
- Clarke to miss ODI against Sri Lanka - Feb 13, 2012
- Australia's teen bowling sensation Cummins doubtful for India series - Dec 07, 2011
- Marsh to replace injured Hussey in next three ODIs - Jan 18, 2011
- Ferguson called into Australia one-day team - Nov 04, 2010
- Cameron to be with Australian one-day squad - Oct 17, 2011
- NSW pacer Hazlewood ruled out of Oz team's India tour - Sep 19, 2010
- Dan Christian gets Australia call-up for second Test - Dec 05, 2011
- Australia to rest Mike Hussey against India - Feb 11, 2012
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