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Mitchell Marsh loses his X-ray report in UAE | Mitchell Marsh says that his scans for an ankle injury did not make its way to Cricket Australia

Mitchell Marsh’s injury has forced him to step out of IPL 2020 just after his first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Dubai. The bowler, who is in Perth right now, revealed through a video conference that his X-ray report is missing and never reached Cricket Australia.

“We don’t really know what happened with the scans over in the UAE. Cricket Australia hasn’t been able to get their hands on them, so it’s a bit of a weird situation. I was really looking forward to playing in the IPL, but obviously, it wasn’t meant to be this year. Hopefully, I’ll go for another scan this week if I can get (state) clearance and then we’ll be a lot clearer on what we’re dealing with”, said Marsh.

The cricketer said that he was looking forward to this year’s IPL however, he is also frustrated with the timing of the injury in the first match. Marsh has a history of injury including his left ankle, shoulder, arms, hamstring and obliques. “I’ve tried to dive for the ball like that probably a thousand times in my career. My spikes just got caught in the wicket. It’s just one of those really frustrating injuries”, he said.

In yesterday’s post match presentation David Warner also mentioned his injury. “Unfortunately we had Mitch Marsh injured, and we were trying to figure out how he we get some overs in. The young Abhishek bowled really well. We worked really hard on our death bowling, and today they were all fantastic. We pride ourselves on our running between the wickets. If we are not getting boundaries, we run hard”, he said.

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