Paine under knife as Ashes prep rocked again

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Test skipper Tim Paine is acceptable to acquisition country connected his neck, throwing Australia's mentation for their location Ashes bid into further chaos.

Cricket Australia released a connection this day confirming that Paine would person country to repair a pinched nervus successful his neck, which the aesculapian squad is hoping volition person him primed for the commencement of the summer.

It is hoped Paine volition beryllium capable to instrumentality to carnal enactment by the extremity of this period successful the anticipation of resuming afloat grooming during October.

"The statement of the spinal surgeon and the CA aesculapian squad was to person the country now, which volition let plentifulness of clip to afloat hole for the summer," Paine said.

"I volition beryllium acceptable to spell by the archetypal Test and americium precise overmuch looking guardant to what volition beryllium a immense summer."

As Australia look to clasp the Ashes connected location soil, there are rumblings of factions betwixt the playing radical and manager Justin Langer, with leaks shedding airy connected his intense benignant of coaching.

The sole Test that Australia is scheduled to play during the lead-up to the Ashes is besides present highly improbable to spell ahead, due to Cricket Australia's stance against the Taliban's refusal to fto women play planetary cricket.

Meanwhile, creating different furniture of play to Australia's Ashes mentation is there's nary warrant that England volition hold to question to Australia, fixed the harsh COVID-19 quarantine rules apt to beryllium imposed.

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