Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has been hit on the helmet by a ball and was forced to cut short a nets session ahead of Australia’s Third Test against India on Boxing Day.
Watson was knocked to the ground during a training session in the Melbourne Cricket Ground when a short ball from James Pattinson hit him flush on the helmet.
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Pakistan have called up Yasir Shah and Anwar Ali for the remaining one-day matches against New Zealand to replace wounded bowlers Umar Gul and Bilawal Bhatti.
Gul injured his left tendon during Pakistan’s success in the very first ODI last Monday, while Bhatti injured his hand during training.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke is winning his fight to be fit for the first Test against India after returning to training after harm.
Clarke, 33, has fought having a consistent hamstring injury in recent weeks as well as a return of the situation in the initial one-day international against South Africa compelled him to sit out the rest of the five-match series.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke is winning his fight to be fit for the first Test against India after returning to training after harm.
Clarke, 33, has fought having a consistent hamstring injury in recent weeks as well as a return of the situation in the initial one-day international against South Africa compelled him to sit out the rest of the five-match series.
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Brad Haddin has requested the Australian people to get behind the team when they take to the field for next week’s first Test against India in Adelaide.
Australia’s players are back in training for Tuesday’s series opener only days after assembly at Macksville in New South Wales for the funeral of the teammate Phillip Hughes.
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England all-rounder Ravi Bopara is looking forward to the one-day series against Sri Lanka.
The England team have had their first training session after arriving in the country on Monday ahead of the seven-match series which is part of the build-up to next year’s World Cup.
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Pakistan’s already depleted bowling options have been further limited by a knee injury suffered by paceman Junaid Khan.
The left-armer, who has represented Lancashire since 2011, will miss the rest of the one-day series and Tests against Australia after hurting his knee in training.
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