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Injuries plague World Cup

by SixandOut on February 28th, 2007

Injuries, injuries, injuries. It’s been a hot topic for ages now as huge amounts of people give their reasoning as to why there’s been an apparent increase in the frequency of serious injuries in International cricket. And now they will affect the World Cup, as key teams have players out with injury:

Australia: Matthew Hayden (toe), Andrew Symonds (bycep)
Pakistan: Abdul Razzaq (knee), Mohammad Asif (Elbow), Shoaib Akhtar (Knee)
New Zealand: Jacob Oram (finger)
England: Micheal Vaughan (everything)

to name but a few, with the likelihood that the World Cup will take down some more big names during its tenure. If the World Cup meanders along in a similar fashion to the Champions Trophy because some of the big names can’t play, then maybe it will finally prompt the powers-that-be to give some serious consideration to the International schedules.

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