Batting prodigy takes indefinite break from cricket

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Victoria's prodigious opening batsman Will Pucovski has stepped distant from the crippled erstwhile again for intelligence wellness reasons.

The 24-year-old who played 1 Test for Australia successful 2021 has antecedently taken sabbaticals for what helium has described arsenic "mental wellbeing" reasons, and has separately been sidelined for agelong periods owed to concussions.

He volition beryllium unavailable for Victoria's upcoming Sheffield Shield lucifer against Tasmania starting Saturday, and determination is nary denotation of erstwhile helium volition return.

"Player payment is ever our apical priority; we'll proceed to enactment with Will to guarantee helium gets the enactment and abstraction helium needs and invited him backmost erstwhile he's ready," Cricket Victoria's General Manager of Cricket Performance Graham Manou said connected Thursday.

Pucovski had started the home summertime superbly, scoring a double-century for Victoria successful the 2nd XI competition and past 64 successful the season-opening Sheffield Shield game.

That signifier had dipped a small much recently, with Pucovski scoring 0, 9 and 37 successful the Shield and 5 successful a one-dayer against WA. He did not play successful this week's Shield fixture successful Launceston.

Shield rookie Ashley Chandrasinghe, who has yet to correspond his state, has been brought into the Victorian squad to regenerate Pucovski.

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