Sam
June 16, 2005, 12:45 AM
Brett Lee suffers shoulder injury
Australia's preperation for the NatWest Series suffered a further blow when Brett Lee, their strike bowler, injured his shoulder in the warm-up game against Somerset at Taunton. Lee, who has been Australia's leading wicket-taker in the last two one-day tournaments, was forced to leave the field after bowling just four overs and was sorely missed in the rest of the innings.
The Aussies could go into the match against Bangladesh at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff without fast bowler Brett Lee due to his shoulder injury.
Lee will receive treatment and possibly a scan, and Ponting said: "It was serious enough for him not to come back out today.
"He said after the second-last ball of his spell that he felt a sharp pain in the back of his shoulder, and I knew something was wrong."
Report from Cricinfo (http://content.cricinfo.com/natwestseries/content/story/211223.html)
Report from BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4097526.stm)
Australia's preperation for the NatWest Series suffered a further blow when Brett Lee, their strike bowler, injured his shoulder in the warm-up game against Somerset at Taunton. Lee, who has been Australia's leading wicket-taker in the last two one-day tournaments, was forced to leave the field after bowling just four overs and was sorely missed in the rest of the innings.
The Aussies could go into the match against Bangladesh at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff without fast bowler Brett Lee due to his shoulder injury.
Lee will receive treatment and possibly a scan, and Ponting said: "It was serious enough for him not to come back out today.
"He said after the second-last ball of his spell that he felt a sharp pain in the back of his shoulder, and I knew something was wrong."
Report from Cricinfo (http://content.cricinfo.com/natwestseries/content/story/211223.html)
Report from BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4097526.stm)