Injury-plagued Australian paceman James Pattinson won’t play cricket again this domestic season because of shin soreness.
Pattinson suffered a recurrence of left shin soreness in the recent second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch and had scans on Monday in Melbourne.
“These scans have shown some inflammation around the shin consistent with bone stress,” physiotherapist David Beakley said on Tuesday in a statement.
“James will now require some time off to allow this injury to resolve and will not be available for the remainder of the domestic cricket season.”
Pattinson had spent the month prior to his latest Test comeback battling shin soreness.
“I have had sore shins for most of the year,” he said on the eve of the Test.
“With shins, it’s just about managing them. If you do keep playing with them, they can turn into fractures, which is something I didn’t want to happen.”
The shin injury is the latest ailment to worry the fast bowler, who has suffered major back injuries, a rib issue and hamstring strains in recent years – the 25-year-old has played just 17 Tests since his 2011 debut.
twodogs
Guest
Geez Baks, if you owned a Ford or a Holden and either were lemons, the breakdown rate was generally on par. Not saying Watto or Patto are lemons, but their bloody bodies must be for other than that they are both very good players.
Bakkies
Guest
Which one broke down more often?
twodogs
Guest
Was it a Ford? Watto or Patto model?
Don Freo
Guest
Austin 1800? Brilliant to drive when it went.
bigbaz
Roar Guru
Had a car like Pattinson once.
Adsa
Guest
Cummins?
Bakkies
Guest
Fred Trueman and co used to go through a long County season that included indoor sessions in the Winter in addition to international Cricket. Playing too much T20 doesn't help prepare the body for tests they need to be playing first class Cricket.
Don Freo
Guest
For Akram and Walsh it also had a lot to do with the absence of medical staff. That helps.
The Bush
Roar Guru
No doubt, there are plenty of examples. I'm just pointing out that for many quicks, beyond thirty is a downward spiral.
The Bush
Roar Guru
Not sure what your point is? Are you agreeing or disagreeing?
Bakkies
Guest
Wasim and Walsh played until their late 30s. A lot has to do with their actions and run ups.
jameswm
Roar Guru
Not 30 - 33
Don Freo
Guest
More bowling has got to be a tad useful for skills development and establishment of control, too.
twodogs
Guest
I agree Don. I bowled from 5yo to around 23yo non stop, as did the pros of today. Even when I was f**d I'd bowl some more. Shin soreness was constant. The difference I believe now is that I didn't lift weights. I just ran. I just bowled. Bowlers should NOT LIFT WEIGHTS. It creates tension opposed to the action of bowling which requires tendons to be supple.Muscular bowlers break down. Loose, supple bowlers thrive. If you could ask the greatest - Malcom Marshall, he'd tell you. Aw, the best bowler I've ever seen was a loose a kings cross....... Well let's not go there!
twodogs
Guest
I would say the biggest dilemma for the latter day quicks is the fact, and I mean FACT, that they are now playing much more games than ever. Parallel to this, they are given fitness regimes controlled by 'experts'. Look at the correlation - prior to the governance of fitness levels in cricketers there was always an agreeable level of fast bowler breakdown. Bowling is contrary to the human body design of catching food, eating and sitting until you get hungry again. After bowling your body must rest. The extra curricular fitness activities are placing too much stress on the body. Breakdown rates are now excessive. Don Freo is closer to the money. You bowl shotloads, then you rest. **** the weights off!
Tom Cahill
Guest
Steyn is still an effective bowler, I get your drift though. Here's hoping he turns into a robust 34 year-old fast bowling great.
Chris Vincent
Roar Pro
This quote makes it clear he has been managing it: “I have had sore shins for most of the year” If so, it kind of makes sense to sit out now while there is no international cricket for him to play.
The Bush
Roar Guru
He's turning 26 this year, you'd wanna hope he finds a way to keep fit soon... Fast bowlers don't, as a general rule, play at their best too far beyond 30. MJ was special in the fact that he stayed so fit, as was McGrath. But you only need to look at the decline/recurrence of injuries of players like Dizzie, Styen, Flintoff and others to get a better idea of what happens to most quicks.
Don Freo
Guest
As a fella who was a mad quickie playing seniors from 15yo to early 40s, I bowled 2 nights a week for 2 hours straight. I did it, firstly, so all the batsmen could get good practice and secondly so that I could push the limits of my fitness, enabling me to bowl 20 to 25 overs on a Saturday and 10 overs in rep games on a Sunday. It is not Shield or test cricket but the point is that you carry niggles through the pain and get stronger. It may not lead to a stress fracture...it could turn him into a man. I don't get why bowlers report niggles. They know the medicos will put them on ice for a season. Patto will be retired before he has a career. Why can't quickies be like Michael Hogan and just insist on playing? I'd demand the right to play. Soft Victorians. Patto does have English parents.
Tom Cahill
Guest
Come on Don, you surely know better than that.