Australia have suffered a late injury scare ahead of the team’s opening T20 World Cup match on Saturday, with back-up wicketkeeper Josh Inglis taken to hospital after hurting his hand in a bizarre accident that drew blood on a Sydney golf course on Wednesday.
Three days out from Australia’s opening T20 World Cup pool match against New Zealand at the SCG, players were given Wednesday morning off to relax before the team’s most important training session of the week on Thursday.
Inglis and a number of other Australian players decided to play a round of golf at New South Wales Golf Club in La Perouse.
The Herald has been told by sources with knowledge of the situation that Inglis suffered a hand injury after a golf club snapped in his hand.
It’s understood Inglis’s club snapped while he was trying to hit the ball down the fairway.
The West Australian cut his hand, which drew plenty of blood. The 27-year-old was in a lot of discomfort.
Josh Inglis in action for Australia. Credit:Getty Images
Although Matthew Wade is the team’s first-choice wicketkeeper and will take the gloves on Saturday evening at the SCG, Inglis’s latest injury is a headache for selectors given teams are only allowed 15 players in each squad.
The severity of the injury is unclear. A team spokesperson said the extent of the injury was yet to be confirmed and that Inglis was being assessed on Wednesday afternoon after being taken to hospital.
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