{"id":95424,"date":"2023-11-01T11:10:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T11:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=95424"},"modified":"2023-11-01T11:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T11:10:16","slug":"freak-golf-incident-rules-australia-star-out-of-england-cricket-world-cup-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/sports-news\/freak-golf-incident-rules-australia-star-out-of-england-cricket-world-cup-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Freak golf incident rules Australia star out of England Cricket World Cup clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australia cricket star Glenn Maxwell will play no part in his country’s Cricket World Cup clash against England on Saturday after suffering a freak golf incident on Monday. The Australian squad played a round of golf on Monday as part of their downtime.<\/p>\n

Maxwell was said to have been riding on the back of a golf cart before slipping and falling off. The Australian all-round suffered a head injury and was placed into the concussion protocol, meaning he won’t be available to play against England on Saturday.<\/p>\n

His absence will be a blow to Australia head coach Andrew McDonald given Maxwell’s form at the World Cup. No decision has been made by McDonald on who will take Maxwell’s place in Australia’s side.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn transporting him back from the clubhouse to the team bus, Glenn Maxwell came off the back of a car and has suffered a small concussion, so he will go into concussion protocols for the next period of time and will unfortunately miss the England game,\u201d McDonald said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019ll be no replacement (in the squad) as such, he\u2019ll go into six to eight days concussion protocol. So they said that takes into account the England game, he\u2019ll be unavailable for that game.<\/p>\n

“And then clearly within the squad we\u2019ve got some players who become available Marcus Stoinis, Cameron Green\u2019s there available as well, but we haven\u2019t made that decision as yet. The guys were ferried off on carts. Glenn and a few other players jumped on the back of carts and unfortunately he lost his grip on the way back to the team bus and sustained that injury. Over the last couple of days he\u2019s been assessed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel as though it\u2019ll be a relatively straightforward return to play protocol with where he\u2019s at at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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