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Watson misses UAE clash

Ryan Watson will miss Scotland's Intercontinental Cup match against UAE in Sharjah next month after undergoing an operation to repair his fractured cheekbone

Cricinfo staff
23-Dec-2006
Ryan Watson will miss Scotland's Intercontinental Cup match against UAE in Sharjah next month, but his hopeful he will be back in time for the triangular ODI series with Kenya and Canada in Mombasa.
He was struck in the face while he top edged an attempted hook in the first ODI against Bangladesh last week. He underwent surgery in Dundee earlier this week to repair a fractured cheekbone and eye socket.
"I'm told it's a four-to-six-week healing process after the operation," he said, "so at best I am looking at being back for the tri-series in Kenya."