Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh will be out for the rest of the summer after going under the knife to fix a long-standing ankle injury.
Marsh had keyhole surgery on his left ankle in Sydney on Thursday to remove loose bone fragments and repair cartilage and is set to be sidelined for around three months.
The 31-year-old West Australian has been carrying the injury for an extended period and decided to proceed with surgery after consulting the state and national team medicos.
“Mitchell is an important member of our squads, and we will support him through his recovery period and we are hopeful he will be available for Australian selection for the ODI series against India in March,” chief selector George Bailey said.
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“In undertaking the surgery now, it gives Mitchell the best chance to recover and resume his all-rounder skill set which is an important part of our plans for the upcoming year and beyond.”
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Moises puts Blues on path for lead over Vics
A fluent Moises Henriques half-century has moved NSW to within sight of Victoria’s first innings total on day two of the Sheffield Shield game in Melbourne
At lunch at the Citibank Centre, NSW were 3-156, 53 behind.
Henriques was on 69no and Matthew Gilkes nought. Resuming at 2-61, the Blues added 95 in the session losing just one wicket.
Jason Sangha (44) was caught behind by Peter Handscomb off Will Sutherland shortly before lunch, ending a third-wicket stand of 107.
The Blues started the session slowly, but lifted the tempo in the second hour.
Henriques, who has had a relatively lean season, played with purpose striking nine fours, as he added 64 to his score in the first session.
Sangha scored just two runs In the first half-an-hour and was soon overtaken by Henriques, who started the second day 10 runs behind his younger colleague.
Sangha became more aggressive as the session progressed and lofted a delivery from spinner Todd Murphy over the long on boundary for six.
Victoria’s Sam Harper missed out after testing positive for COVID-19, with Matthew Short allowed to field in his stead.
Renshaw holds firm for Bulls
Queensland openers Matthew Renshaw and Joe Burns drew on all their experience and class to get their team through to lunch at 0-78 on day two of the Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia.
The first day’s play at the Gabba was washed out and Western Australia captain Sam Whiteman sent the Bulls in to bat after winning the toss.
Conditions were tough for batting, with the pitch generating tennis-ball bounce and the ball seaming around.
Pacemen Joel Paris, Matthew Kelly, Aaron Hardie and Lance Morris tested the Bulls openers with probing spells but were unable to break though on a cool Brisbane day.
Play started an hour early with 112 overs to be bowled on Friday in an effort to make up for Thursday’s lost day.
The two-and-a-half hour opening session was enthralling, with Burns (37no off 110 balls) and Renshaw (33no off 103) doing well to negotiate 35 overs without loss.
Both former Test batsmen were patient and left the ball with aplomb despite some close calls.
Renshaw returned to the Bulls side after making 81 and 101no for the Prime Minister’s XI against the West Indies.
The left-hander is making a strong case for a recall to the Australia side and will be keen to press on and make another big score.
Midway through the Shield competition, defending champions Western Australia have asserted themselves as the early favourites after winning four of their opening five games to be top of the table on 31.85 points.
Tasmania are second on 20.54 with the Bulls close behind on 20.42.
Tassie top order collapses against SA
South Australia have made early inroads into Tasmania’s first innings after being dismissed for 329 on the second morning of the Sheffield Shield game in Hobart.
Resuming at 8-309, the visitors added 20 runs for their last two wickets overs at Blundstone Arena.
Tasmania started their innings well with a 33-run opening stand but then lost 3-5 in six overs. They were 3-51 at lunch with captain Jordan Silk on nine and Ben McDermott six.
Play was held up for a few minutes shortly before lunch when Silk needed treatment for a cut on his right hand after he faced a delivery from paceman Nathan McAndrew.
The normally fluent McDermott faced 26 balls for his runs.
Opener Caleb Jewell (21) was caught off Brendan Doggett at the second attempt at first slip by Jake Lehmann, after the ball was knocked up by second slip Ben Manenti.
Matthew Wade fell for a six-ball duck, caught behind by Jake Doran from a ball that cut back.
Doran, who was off the field for part of day one after testing positive for COVID, was back behind the stumps within 20 minutes of play starting on Friday, after former Australian Test captain Tim Payne filled in for part of Thursday.
Doggett (2-12) then trapped Tim Ward lbw for 14.
Earlier, SA’s innings finished after McAndrew was caught at point by Wade for 29 and Ward took a brilliant leaping catch at gully to dismiss Wes Agar.
Bird finished with 3-68 off 24.2 overs while fellow veteran quick Peter Siddle, who didn’t bowl on Friday, recorded the best figures of 4-59 off 25.
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