Pattinson Out of the Rest of the Series

[Cabinet96]

SSN has just announced that he's got a back injury and will miss the rest of the series. Gutted.

 

[jan]

Is there a list of AUS players out of the series? I suspect it might get quite long by the end of the series.

 

[grecian]

Any chance of Cummins coming in, the guys a talent.

 

[Cabinet96]

The Investec Ashes 2013 : James Pattinson ruled out of Ashes series | Cricket News | Australia in England - The Investec Ashes | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[GIMH]

Big blow to Australia, not sure where runs will come from now

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Guy is injury prone, talented but a crock. Feel for him but he must have missed more tests than he's played now.

 

[superkingdave]

Big blow to Australia, not sure where runs will come from now

Team selection will be a bit interesting. You would assume they would have been considering Lyon for Agar, but if they go Bird for Pattinson it does make their tail noticibly weaker...Faulkner a chance?

 

[hendrix]

It's not such a big hit considering that Harris is performing and they're reasonably similar bowlers.

I'm really excited to see Bird being given an opportunity. Surely they won't revert to Starc?

 

[Maximas]

I hate the idea of picking left armers if we don't play Lyon, it gives Swann a big advantage. I still think Bird could do the job, but a tail of Siddle, Harris, Bird, Lyon is probably gonna really hurt us.

 

[Cooky Monster]

Stress fracture of the lower back, that obviously sounds serious,

Sucks balls for him and Oz but this was so predictable, what is it with these Oz bowlers being made out of glass?

 

[burr]

I feel bad for him more than anything else. You feel like this will end up being the story of his career.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Stress fracture of the lower back, that obviously sounds serious,

Sucks balls for him and Oz but this was so predictable, what is it with these Oz bowlers being made out of glass?

Learnt it all from Bruce Reid.

Very sad though, hope it not serious but you do worry as he is injury prone.

 

[Bahnz]

I hate the idea of picking left armers if we don't play Lyon, it gives Swann a big advantage. I still think Bird could do the job, but a tail of Siddle, Harris, Bird, Lyon is probably gonna really hurt us.

I wouldn't let that stop you. Although they added a bit of gloss onto the loss in the first test, realistically the strength of Australia's tail is not going to make a big difference. If you're to win a match in this series, then the runs have to come from the top. Should that happen, you need the best bowlers available to take advantage, regardless of their batting talents.

Sucks for Pattinson and Aus. As a kiwi, I have huge empathy for a struggling team that's always losing it's best bowlers/players to injury. Hope he's right in time for the return series.

 

[Maximas]

Stress fracture of the lower back, that obviously sounds serious,

Sucks balls for him and Oz but this was so predictable, what is it with these Oz bowlers being made out of glass?

They are young and they don't strengthen up anymore, they rest or play t20, hence they break down all the goddamned time, Siddle is the only one we keep on the park, and oh what's that? No t20 for him? No ODIs either? sounds like a good idea...

 

[Burgey]

Siddle's older. The rest are all young, around the same age. It was the whole idea behind the rotation policy, to stop stress related injuries. It's a shame, the bloke is a potentially great bowler.

 

[Cabinet96]

Pattinson doesn't play that much limited overs cricket anyway. Isn't in the Australian one day setup much and didn't play in the Big Bash last year even though he could've. Cummins is the real issue when it comes to too much T20. That record is scary when you look at the matches played per format.

With Pattinson I'm starting to think he should just play every odd numbered test. I.e. miss the Adelaide and Melbourne tests in the return series.

 

[Furball]

They are young and they don't strengthen up anymore, they rest or play t20, hence they break down all the goddamned time, Siddle is the only one we keep on the park, and oh what's that? No t20 for him? No ODIs either? sounds like a good idea...

Siddle also played virtually no cricket between the Ashes in 2009 and the return series due to getting stress fractures.

And this injury is exactly why not enforcing the follow on was the correct call.

 

[Tangles]

Back to back tests can't happen again for Patto.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Back to back tests can't happen again for Patto.

Then him and Harris play alternate tests then.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

In the England setup its only really Tremlett who is an injury liability. He'd play every game if he was fit, ala Harris. I don't know whether its game management or just luck though.