Pat Cummins to hunt medical consideration for sore left wrist; might miss T20I sequence towards South Africa

Australia skipper Pat Cummins suffered an damage to his left wrist through the preliminary phases of the fifth and closing Ashes Take a look at towards England at The Oval in London and goes to hunt medical consideration for a similar.

Cummins had his left wrist closely strapped from day 2 onwards and skilled a good quantity of discomfort whereas batting within the center, nonetheless, to Australia’s profit he did not have a lot bother whereas bowling.  As per a number of experiences, the 30-year-old pacer would require three weeks of full relaxation to ensure that the issue does not irritate a lot. 

His break might stretch for greater than three weeks as there’s not an replace but concerning the extent of his damage and if that occurs he may miss the T20I leg of Australia’s forthcoming tour to South Africa beginning Wednesday, August 30 on the Kingsmead in Durban. The Kangaroos have nonetheless not named a touring social gathering for a similar and the announcement might come anytime subsequent week.

Cummins confirmed that he picked up the damage whereas going for a run out try on the sphere on day one in every of The Oval Take a look at as he landed badly on his left wrist. Whereas Cummins needed to endure the bodily ache of his sore left wrist, fellow pacer and a member of the Aussie fast-bowling cartel, Mitchell Starc additionally performed The Oval Take a look at with an damage to his shoulder.

Starc, who solely performed one Take a look at over the last Take a look at sequence in England (2019) managed to characteristic in 4 fixtures this time round and emerged as Australia’s Participant of the Sequence with 23 scalps at a median of 27.08, together with two four-wicket hauls and one five-for.

“I landed on my wrist on day one in the field going for a run-out. It’s pretty sore. We’ll get it assessed over the next few days and work out if anything needs to happen,” mentioned Cummins as reported by ESPNcricinfo.

“Mitchell Starc coming off with a sore shoulder in this game was an incredible effort. Managing that throughout this game was just a proper effort,” he added.

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