Defending champions Perth Scorchers have suffered a serious blow forward of the upcoming Big Bash League (BBL) as Australia allrounder Mitchell Marsh, and England batter Phil Salt each have been ruled out of all the event as a consequence of their respective accidents.
Marsh will, in actual fact, miss three months of cricket after present process surgical procedure on his troubled left ankle. Notably, the Western Australian has carried the ankle drawback for some time now, and he reinjured it throughout Australia’s ODI sequence towards Zimbabwe in August, which had ruled him out for over a month. Marsh’s resolution to go for surgical procedure will give him an opportunity to be match for Australia’s subsequent ODI task in India in March subsequent 12 months.
Salt, alternatively, sustained a grade-two ligament damage on his left shoulder throughout the third and last ODI towards Australia final week in Melbourne. The North Wales cricketer sustained the damage whereas diving to avoid wasting a boundary throughout that sport. Salt consulted a shoulder specialist who beneficial the cricketer to overlook each the Abu Dhabi T10 event and the BBL.
“Losing Mitch and Phil so close to the start of the season is very disappointing. Mitch is one of the best ball-strikers in global cricket with an incredible MBBL record, and his leadership and presence around the group is enormous,” stated Perth Scorchers General Manager Kade Harvey in a press release.
“Phil has proven his class for England and in T20 tournaments around the world, so it’s unfortunate he won’t pull on the orange this summer. We’re under no illusions about how difficult it will be to cover the absence of Mitch and Phil, but we take pride in the depth of our squad and have a lot of players capable of stepping up,” he added.
Perth Scorchers squad for BBL|12:
Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Faf du Plessis (worldwide – South Africa), Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matt Kelly, Tymal Mills (worldwide – England), Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner (captain), Andrew Tye, Replacement worldwide – TBC, Replacement native – TBC