Symonds doubtful for WC

[King Tendulkar]

MELBOURNE, Feb 4: Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds faces a race against time to be fit for the World Cup after surgery on his right bicep, the team's physio said on Sunday. Symonds ruptured the tendon on his bicep while batting in the tri-series match against England in Sydney on Friday, and surgeons had to reattach the tissue to the bone at the shoulder joint using a screw. Andrew Symonds to have surgery Although the surgery was deemed a success, Australian physio Alex Kountouris said it was too early to say whether the hard-hitting batsman and versatile bowler would be ready for the team's World Cup defence, which starts in the Caribbean next month. "It's going to be tough for the World Cup," Kountouris told Australia's Channel Nine television station. "They tend to take a little bit of time to recover but we are not really looking at that right now." "We just want to see how it goes over the next couple of weeks. There's no fixed time with any sort of surgery you do, so we are just going to look at it week by week. "We're still aiming for him to be at the World Cup but we're still just looking at where he is going to be in the next one to two weeks." Symonds was one of Australia's key players when they retained the World Cup in South Africa four years ago, his ability to bowl off-spin and nagging medium pace allowing Ricky Ponting's side to pick four specialist bowlers. Australia begin their World Cup defence against Scotland in St Kitts on March 14.

[talksport]

Re: Symonds doubtful for WC Too Bad.... I think he will make it...atleast for the second round

[King Tendulkar]

Re: Symonds doubtful for WC Big blow for aussies. Surgery is not easy to recover from, also he has to find his form after injury lay off. There is hope for the rest of us :hmph: But then hodge takes his chance and slams 99 no strengthing their squad :shrug:

[yoda]

Re: Symonds doubtful for WC I think he will rest the prelim rounds to kick ass towards the end. Yes, if he doesn't play, that increases the odds of their failure. Ponting, Symonds, Hussey, Gilly and to some extent Clark all cover for each other. If one or two fail, the others take over. They will have one less person to depend on.