Australia's Injury List

[formula1man]

What is the total list?
Ive got

Micheal Clarke
Nathan Bracken
James Hopes
Tim Paine
Callum Ferguson
Bret Lee
Phil Jacques
Brad Haddin
Shaun Tait
Peter Siddle
Moises Henriques.

Almost:
Mitchell Johnson.

Retired
Shane Warne
Glen McGrath
Justin Langer
Damien Martyn
Adam Gilchrist
Brad Hogg
Stuart MacGill
MATTHEW HAYDEN

Any more?

 

[Fatal Shot]

Marsh isn't injured anymore

 

[rahuldravidfan]

Well, its a bad thing for Australia to have their top players missing out on a lot of cricket. But they come at you hard and that attribute of theirs cannot be discounted.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

phil jacques was never going to be anywhere near the one day side and isn't in the test side so I dunno why you included him.

with brett lee, the guy is 33, notoriously injury prone anyway, and you're still playing him in every format as an all-out fast bowler. it's getting a bit "what did you expect?" with him.

however, yeah, milking this a bit much. How many players did NZ lose from their CT squad before the final?

 

[Chetan0304]

Lee out of the series - the major blow for the Australians.

Don't you guys think the reason for this Injured IX is http://www.planetcricket.org/forums/champions-league-t20-2009/too-much-cricket-60292.html

 

[Paki007]

Australians Need rest

 

[formula1man]

less ODIs i say

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Its about like 6 months now, we are touring continoulsy.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

less ODIs i say

agree, the sad thing about ponting complaining about the CL thing was that I think that had most of the NSW players got to choose one or the other I think they'd have gone with the CL. it's rare you get to shine on a big stage with your domestic team and most players feel as indebted to their domestic teams for developing them.

ok, playing a test for australia is huge, but another ODI series? nah, I'm sure they would have gone with the CL.

 

[sifter132]

phil jacques was never going to be anywhere near the one day side and isn't in the test side so I dunno why you included him.

with brett lee, the guy is 33, notoriously injury prone anyway, and you're still playing him in every format as an all-out fast bowler. it's getting a bit "what did you expect?" with him.

however, yeah, milking this a bit much. How many players did NZ lose from their CT squad before the final?

Well Jaques WAS in the Test side...until he got injured... It doesn't matter he's had 3 different replacements, he was still the incumbent. He's probably not now of course, but he should definitely be counted. And for a guy who was 'never going to be near the ODI side', he's made 94 in an ODI before. You could argue Shaun Tait as well, he was in the ODI team until his health faltered and he's being made to play domestically until he can prove his fitness again.

And if we wanted to rub it in, there's a few retired guys that the Aussies are missing too: you know Hayden, Langer, Martyn, Gilchrist, Warne, McGrath - you might have heard of them and all have been playing at least T20 recently. Jason Gillespie and Brad Hogg too come to think of it.

 

[Dwullah]

Australia are in need of a long break from ODI's. .

But then again I guess injuries are apart of every sport but when you've got about 8 or so players injured then I think they are playing way too much cricket at the moment.

 

[aussie1st]

If you are putting Jaques then may as well include Tait. We could use his bowling although expensive it can grab wickets which we are struggling to get without Lee. Interesting enough most of those on that list are batters, you would think the fast bowlers would be breaking down more often.

 

[Howsie]

If you are putting Jaques then may as well include Tait. We could use his bowling although expensive it can grab wickets which we are struggling to get without Lee. Interesting enough most of those on that list are batters, you would think the fast bowlers would be breaking down more often.

Tait's speed has been pretty disappointing this summer hasn't it? I've heard he's dropped down to the mid 130's at times, shocking if true.

 

[aussie1st]

Yep apparently his action has changed. I can't see him lasting if he remains that way, so for his sake. I hope it's just because hes returning.

 

[formula1man]

Add Peter Siddle