Freak injury rocks Aussies ahead of World Cup

Australia is sweating connected the fittingness of Josh Inglis conscionable 3 days retired from its opening T20 World Cup campaign, aft the back-up wicketkeeper was taken to infirmary pursuing a unusual incidental connected a Sydney play course.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Inglis has a manus wounded aft a play nine snapped successful his manus astatine New South Wales Golf Club successful La Perouse connected Wednesday.

The 27-year-old chopped his manus and drew blood, leaving him successful sizeable discomfort.

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Josh Inglis is successful infirmary aft suffering a bizarre play wounded conscionable 3 days retired from Australia's T20 World Cup opener, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. (Mark Metcalf/Cricket Australia via Getty Images)

Matthew Wade is Australia's main wicketkeeper and volition instrumentality the gloves for the clash with New Zealand astatine the SCG connected Saturday night, but Inglis' wounded is threatening to trial the extent of the hosts' 15-player squad.

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Inglis is not lone a tidy wicketkeeper but unsafe with the blade, with the Western Australian averaging 27.50 astatine the strike-rate of 141.02 from 9 T20 internationals.

A Cricket Australia spokesperson said the grade of the wounded was yet to beryllium confirmed and that Inglis was being assessed astatine hospital.

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