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Cummins and Marsh out of West Indies Test tour
February 29, 2012
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The fast bowler Pat Cummins will not play for Australia until the one-day tour of England in June at the earliest, after suffering a setback in his recovery from a foot injury. Cummins has been ruled out of Australia's Test tour of the West Indies and Shaun Marsh has also been told by the selectors he won't be considered for the Test squad due to his ongoing form slump.
Cummins, 18, made an outstanding start to his Test career in November, when he took seven wickets and was Man of the Match on debut in Australia's victory over South Africa in Johannesburg. However, he hasn't played a match since then and was ruled out of Australia's entire home summer of internationals due to a bone stress heel injury.
He was thought to be making progress in his recovery and had been bowling in the nets but suffered a recurrence of the soreness last week. Australia's national selector John Inverarity said the selection panel had originally hoped to name Cummins in the limited-overs squad for the Caribbean tour, which was announced on Wednesday, but they were not willing to play him until he was 100% fit.
"No he won't [be in the Test squad either]," Inverarity said. "For a fast bowler to be fit for a Test match there are workload issues, so you can't go into a Test match unless you've had the proper build-up of workloads, and he's not going to make it.
"In his Test debut he was outstanding and he's 18 years of age. We look forward to him coming back as soon as possible, whether it's the ODIs in England - and we're hopeful of that - but we're certainly not going to rush him. He fractured a bone in his heel and we want him to be 100% fit before we contemplate him. That's why we're not taking him to the West Indies, to give him full time to become 100% fit and not rush him at all."
The cautious approach to player fitness echoes how the selectors handled the vice-captain Shane Watson during the home summer. Watson was initially ruled out with a hamstring injury and then picked up a calf problem, and Inverarity was not willing to risk him in the Tests against India or the early stages of the Commonwealth Bank Series.
Australia's fast-bowling stocks showed enough depth during the clean-sweep over India that the absence of Cummins should not be a major issue in the West Indies. Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Pattinson and Ryan Harris are expected to form the core of the pace attack, while Mitchell Starc could also be named in the Test squad.
The selectors must also decide on at least one backup batsman after the decision to rule a line through Marsh's name following his awful series against India. Peter Forrest and George Bailey are the front-runners, having enjoyed productive Sheffield Shield campaigns and gained selection in Australia's limited-overs squads for the tour.
Marsh has been told to start from scratch after he made scores of 0, 3, 0, 11, 3 and 0 against India, and he has managed only one half-century in five innings for Western Australia since his axing. Inverarity said Marsh might benefit from some time in county cricket over the winter, but whatever he decides to do, he won't be in Australia's plans in the immediate future.
"I've had that conversation with Shaun and said he won't come in contention for the tour of the West Indies," Inverarity said. "Shaun, as we're all aware, has had rather a traumatic time. I was speaking to Shaun just the other day and he needs to rebuild himself. It's not going to happen overnight. He had a really deep trough there.
"He needs to go back to interstate cricket and during the winter months maybe the prospect of playing something in England. But it's not an overnight rebuild with Shaun. We hope he comes back as good as ever, in form, but it's not going to be in the next month or two."
Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here
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@popcorn - I agree with you, however, if you recall Lillee has serious injuries, Thommo busted a shoulder (on-field collision I know), McGrath was durable but his last couple of years he wold be injured a bit, & McDermott did have his fair share of injuries (twisted bowel in England & ended his career in the WIndies jumping a fence). @Claydo78 - I know where you are coming from, but he is a great prospect, he did take 7 wickets on debut & it wasn't like it was against Bangladesh or Zimbabwe! (or India for that matter!)
Posted by Claydo78 on (March 2, 2012, 10:37 GMT)Will people stop raving on about cummins, the bloke shouldn't have been a baggy green in the first place! No one should get a cap after playing one shield game! The bloke is 18 and already full of injuries but if he had got two full season of shield cricket under his belt he could have built his body up to handle the intensity of test match cricket! He shouldn't get ahead of our current crop of fast bowlers away, who have preformed exceptionally this summer! Cummins go back to NSW and take wickets and earn your baggy green cap!
Posted by popcorn on (March 2, 2012, 1:01 GMT)SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE by our Physios and Fast Bowling Coach Craig McDermott about our fast bowlers getting injured SO FREQUENTLY. This NEVER USED TO HAPPEN when Lillee, Thomson, McFGrath,Craig McDermott, and SO MANY OTHER fast bowlers bowled OVER after OVER, and FAST - THUMPING the Ground with their BODY WEIGHT. Craig McDermott, checkj their bowling actions please.
Posted by Dashgar on (March 1, 2012, 5:23 GMT)A lot of calls for Khawaja, he has 'looked' good at international level but I don't think he's quite up to standard yet. There was a great article by someone recently asking the question why he hasn't made the step up. I think Khawaja may need to work on his work ethic and really work to improve himself in all areas. He hasn't set the Sheffield Shield alight this year at all which a test regular should (207 runs @ 29). Cowan has (689@57), Forrest (581@58) and Bailey (632@57) have also. These guys are rightfully overtaking Khawaja and Marsh in the pecking order. I wouldn't be surprised if see more batsmen debut very soon rather than a move back to Marsh, Khawaja and Hughes.
Posted by gpm86 on (March 1, 2012, 4:40 GMT)Kwhawaja fans annoy me. He played enough tests and kept not converting scores. Batsmen that consistently scratch around for 20-30 and get out and much worse then the single digit scorer. shows they cant convert..
Marsh at least scored runs overseas before the home summer
Posted by waughjunior on (March 1, 2012, 3:16 GMT)I agree with zenboomerangs comments on Shaun Marsh.He should never have been rushed back into the test side after having only a slog in the BBL beforehand.
Posted by Meety on (February 29, 2012, 23:58 GMT)@RJHB - I like that advice! I think Hughes is trying to go that course!
Posted by alstar2281 on (February 29, 2012, 22:31 GMT)Not enough Australians are honing their skills in county cricket anymore. Is it workload issues? Didn't do Mike Hussey any harm batting wise or fitness wise!
Posted byShaun Marsh was lucky to get a debut in the first place, helps to be the son of a former coach
Posted by Busie1979 on (February 29, 2012, 20:11 GMT)Shaun Marsh has always looked like a player of the future, but never got the runs on the board at domestic level. He never earned the test spot in the first place. I am not surprised he has struggled at state level - it is not the first time he has struggled at the lower level. This is what happens when you pick guys who don't have runs behind them across a number of seasons. Occassionally, the odd player here and there will pay off, but rarely will a guy find consistency at test level without being a consistent top performer at state level. People will be talking about Ed Cowan and Pete Forrest in the same way as Marsh in a year or two. The odd flash in the pan innings does not make a test player. Now that Hodge, Rogers, Katich, and Jaques are unavailable, the top state performers (over their careers) are Khawaja, Hughes and David Hussey. I think David Hussey should be picked as a short term option to get Australia through the Ashes until some of the young guns get runs on the board