SYDNEY, Jan 21, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Banned former Australian vice-captain
David Warner is expected to undergo minor surgery on his elbow Tuesday after
returning home from the Bangladesh Premier League with an injury.
Warner, alongside former skipper Steve Smith and batsman Cameron Bancroft,
was suspended from international cricket over a ball-tampering scandal during
a Test match in South Africa last March.
The 32-year-old returned to Australia last week following a stint with the
Sylhet Sixers in the Bangladesh Twenty20 tournament after he reported pain in
his right elbow.
Warner’s elbow will be assessed in Melbourne on Tuesday, before he is
expected to undergo minor surgery, cricket.com.au reported Monday.
Cricket Australia’s website said Warner’s condition was not believed to be
as serious as the elbow injury sustained by Smith, also in the Bangladesh
tournament.
Smith, 29, underwent surgery last week and is expected to spend six weeks
in a brace before extensive rehabilitation.
Both players’ bans end in late March. Bancroft’s has already finished.
Smith’s injury could affect his chances of being picked in the national
side for the World Cup starting in May, as well as the Ashes series — also
in England — later this year.