Injury issues in Worldcup

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It is becoming very difficult to track all the injury issues that different teams have. Information is all over different threads. Looking at the list of injuries, I think this topic needs a dedicated thread. Can we all post all injury related news here. Mods, can you make it sticky ( I am askiing it with straight face) :wink:

Anyway..So here is scoresheet per team



Team      Player           Status
AUS        Brett Lee       Out of Worldcup
AUS       Symonds        Unfit: Tentative: likely to be fit
AUS       Hayden           Unfit: Tentative: Likely to be fit
AUS       Ponting            As of today he is fit but you never know
 
PAK      Shoib              Unfit: Even if he is fit ,we know he cant play all matches
PAK      Asif                 Unfit: Likely to be fit ( but then Dope test is another beast) 
Pak      Gul                  Unfit: Likely to be fit 
India     Sehwag           Fit..but can breakdown anytime
India      Yuvraj            Fit..but can breakdown anytime
India      Pathan           Unfit: Tentative for worldcup. May get dropped.

Damn..list is too big..I will do rest later.

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From the Indian camp :
Agarkar : 100% fit and raring to go

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From Pakistan camp "O"

Mohd Sami all set for the Action and to counter Agar-magar-Kar :D

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Inzimam : chronically unfit (will choose which matches to play and which to sit out, will also bat at position of his choosing)

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Inzi - Unfit for more than a year - Out of form for a long time: Likely to play and lead

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Michael Vaughan Unfit: Likely to be fit (and i guess will become unfit after 1 or half game )

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:rotfl: :rotfl: on replies

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^The only news about Michael Vaughan in the recent years have been - He is fit...He is not fit...He is likely to be fit...Damn He is unfit again.

Why does he not just retire gracefully...and spare us his fitness story.

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Uss mein aur Shoaib mein muqabala hai for the award of unfit man of the World Cup.

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^At least Shoaib's job as an express bowler puts him at constant risk for injuries. But Vaughan.....

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Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul close to full fitness ahead of World Cup

Lahore, Feb,23 : Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul is reported to making encouraging progress on the fitness front ahead of next month’s World Cup.

Gul, who has been out of action since the start of the South African tour in December with an injured fibula, claimed that he was feeling good over the last few days during the training camp at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) here.

“I’ve been working with the trainer Murray Stevenson and Dr Sohail Saleem [PCB doctor] and am now bowling from my full run-up and at my regular pace. I am confident that come the World Cup, I will have recovered fully,” he was quoted by a cricket web site as saying.

Gul is expected to undergo another MRI scan over the weekend to see how far his injury has healed.

Pakistan are expected to carry out full medical tests to assess the fitness of all their squad members during the training camp for the World Cup, which began at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore this morning.

Gul feels there is ample preparation time between now and Pakistan’s first game, against West Indies on March 13.

“It shouldn’t be a problem. I have the training camp in which I will be bowling as I would in match situations extensively,” he said. “We also have a couple of warm-up games before the opener where I can bowl in match conditions. It is my first time in the Caribbean so the matches will provide me an opportunity to get used to the conditions as well,” he was quoted, as saying.

Until he pulled up with the injury, Gul had been Pakistan’s best fast bowler over the second half of last year.

After a year out with a serious back injury, he returned last year, fitter, with a modified action and a little extra zip. It resulted in 34 Test wickets in his last seven matches and a string of impressive performances with the white ball, especially during the Champions Trophy in India.