Cricket: Pattinson out with foot injury
Mitchell Starc added to squad for next week's third Test in Perth, with Ryan Harris also set to make a return.
SYDNEY:
Rising Australia pace star James Pattinson will miss the rest of the Test series against India with a foot injury, according to team officials. Pattinson, 21, who has taken 21 wickets in his first four Tests, has a stress injury in his left foot and needs a spell out of the game, said officials. Selectors have added Mitchell Starc to a 12-man squad for next week's third Test in Perth, with Ryan Harris also set to make a return.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 7th, 2012.
Rising Australia pace star James Pattinson will miss the rest of the Test series against India with a foot injury, according to team officials. Pattinson, 21, who has taken 21 wickets in his first four Tests, has a stress injury in his left foot and needs a spell out of the game, said officials. Selectors have added Mitchell Starc to a 12-man squad for next week's third Test in Perth, with Ryan Harris also set to make a return.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 7th, 2012.