Visitors to get replacements for sixth ODI
Hyderabad, Nov. 5 -- The Aussies keep flying Down Under with a kind of relentlessness seen rarely on a tour of India of late. Moises Henriques, the Australia and Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder, became the fifth man from the troubled visiting squad to join that list, on Wednesday. He has a hamstring injury.
It has been rather disconcerting, to hear from the Australian media manager almost every day that someone or the other is going back and Henriques is the second man in as many days, after Peter Siddle, to join the list of casualties. Brett Lee, Tim Paine, James Hopes and Siddle had already withdrawn from the ongoing series due to injuries.
A media release from the Australian team said that Victoria all-rounder Andrew McDonald and New South Wales fast bowler Burt Cockley will join the squad for the sixth ODI in Guwahati slated for Sunday.
"Moises complained of some discomfort after the fourth ODI in Mohali. He had an MRI scan when we arrived in Hyderabad which showed signs of injury to the right hamstring," Australian physiotherapist Kevin Sims was quoted as saying in the release.
"The medical staff believes the injury will not recover sufficiently for him to participate in the last week of the tour and therefore we have decided he will return to Australia where he will continue his treatment." "Andrew played very well for Victoria in the recent Champions League in India, was in very good form in the first Sheffield Shield game scoring a hundred and bowling impressively on a batsman friendly Adelaide wicket. We are sure Andrew will grab his opportunity and perform well in the Australian one-day set up."
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arul_iyyapan said on November 5, 2009, 11:19 pm
the 5th one day was a touch and go match for indians. indians matched the aussies in all departments except 2, fielding and good fighting effort.the aussies never gave up and that shows how they are hungry. the cricket fans in india who watches through has become less as the match shedule is heavy and which has reduced the exictment.then the selection of team and the skipper selection.india plays well, but one must not forget that aussies are hot by many injuries, as often. without front line bowler's and batsman.so if aussies where in full squad then they would have sealed the series with reset of 2 match remaining. so even if india wins the other two match there isnt nothing to proud about.today the cricket has become cash price and only people are concentrating on money. i am not surprised even if dhoni and his men will act in add films for AIDS and MASALA powder's etc. so its the BCCI has to take necessary action and stop all the nonsense. the right skipper is yuvaraj who trives for victory and he is team spirited and i am sure he can turn a match with some excellent thinking skills as aussies did in all three match they won. so its time for dhoni to step down as skipper, because india is on the losser side in all important matches such as ICC mini world cup and t20 20 world cup.it seems that nobody is worried even if the team losses.
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Dhoni was good but fame got into his head. racklessness. They lose their head. Man can climb to high summits but he can not stay there long. There is a split. There is no unity in the team. If one group plays, the other watches. No group practise and toil for the game. It is time we came out from group politics and played for the country. Very sorry state of affairs.