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BBC News
08-04-2025
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Ex-Australia batter Pucovski retires at 27
Former Australia batter Will Pucovski has retired at the age of 27, saying he does not want to "risk doing any more damage" to his brain after repeated made one Test appearance, scoring 62 against India in Sydney in dislocated a shoulder later in the match, ruling him out of the remainder of the has suffered 12 known concussions during his career and last played competitively in March 2024, when he was hit by a Riley Meredith bouncer while playing for Victoria against Tasmania in the Sheffield said he experienced "scary" after-effects from that incident."I just don't want to risk doing any more damage to my brain than I've already done," he told Australian radio station SEN., external "At 27, I have so much ahead of me and I have so many things I want to achieve in my life. I wanted to play another 15 years and that gets taken away, which is bad enough."At least I know I won't get hit in the head again, but when the symptoms are ongoing it's frightening."I know what I was like before these concussions and I know what I am now. My family and friends have noticed a difference in me and that's scary for me and for them."Pucovski has been appointed head coach, external of Melbourne Cricket Club, where he made his first-team debut in 2015 and who play in Victoria's Premier Cricket league.
BBC News
05-02-2025
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Australia's Cummins set to miss Champions Trophy
Australia captain Pat Cummins is "hugely unlikely" to be fit for the Champions Trophy, says coach Andrew bowler Cummins, 31, is absent from the ongoing Test series in Sri Lanka because of the birth of his second child, but also has an ankle paceman Josh Hazlewood, who has been sidelined with calf and side issues and was named in Australia's preliminary squad alongside Cummins, is also a doubt."Patty is hugely unlikely, which is a bit of shame, and we've also got Josh Hazlewood, who is battling [to be fit] at the moment," McDonald told radio station SEN."So that medical information will land over the next couple of days and we'll be able to shore that up and let everyone know the direction." Cummins' absence would leave 50-over world champions Australia with a decision to make over the captaincy, with all-rounder and vice-captain Mitchell Marsh already out with a back said Steve Smith, who is currently leading in Cummins' absence in Sri Lanka and has captained Australia in 59 one-day internationals, and fellow batter Travis Head are the two options being has never been captain in ODIs but has been in charge for one T20 - a defeat by England in Cardiff last year."Pat Cummins hasn't been able to resume any type of bowling so he's heavily unlikely, so that would mean that we do need a captain," McDonald said."They'll be the two that we look at for that leadership post."The Champions Trophy, held in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, begins on 19 February. Australia are in a group with England, Afghanistan and South Africa and meet England in their opening fixture on 22 have until Wednesday, 12 February to make changes to their preliminary squads. Left-armer Mitchell Starc and seamer Nathan Ellis are currently the only fit quick bowlers in Australia's Sean Abbott, left-armer Spencer Johnson and quick Lance Morris were part of the squad beaten 2-1 at home by Pakistan in Australia's most recent ODI series.
