Recovering Australia batter Travis Head has joined the squad but is likely to miss Wednesday's World Cup clash with Netherlands, the team said on Sunday.Head fractured his left hand during on their South Africa tour last month and missed Australia's first four matches in the World Cup.
Cricket - Second ODI - South Africa v Australia - Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein, South Africa - September 9, 2023 Australis'a Travis Head in action REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File PhotoRecovering Australia batter Travis Head has joined the squad but is likely to miss Wednesday's World Cup clash with Netherlands, the team said on Sunday.
"The stiffness and some of the pain you can deal with as long as I'm not doing any damage to it"," Head said about his recovery process. "It can be a six to eight-week injury," Bailey told reporters on Saturday."Clearly the whole point of having him and carrying him to this point is not to then risk it by bringing him back early.
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