Knee injury rules out Hilfenhaus
Alex Brown
November 30, 2009
The Victoria paceman
Clint McKay has been called into the Australian squad for the second Test against West Indies after
Ben Hilfenhaus was ruled out with knee soreness. The team's medical staff had originally hoped Hilfenhaus would recover in time to make the trip to Adelaide for Friday's game, but have now advised him to rest ahead of the third and final Test in Perth.
Hilfenhaus claimed the Man-of-the-Match honours
at the Gabba last week after claiming overall figures of 5 for 70. "Ben has had a widely-reported knee tendon injury that was sore during the recent ODI series in India and the first Test at the Gabba," the team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said.
"The demands of Test cricket and the subsequent increased workload have made it harder to manage Ben's injury, so it's been decided that the best course of action is for him to miss the Adelaide Test. He will undergo an intense period of rehabilitation over the next two weeks with a view to him being available for selection for the third Test in Perth."
Hilfenhaus took the first three West Indian wickets to fall in the second innings in Brisbane, and received praise from his captain, Ricky Ponting, for his evolution from a swing specialist to an all-conditions bowler. McKay is uncapped and is in the squad with Doug Bollinger, the 12th man from the first game, who went on to take eight wickets in New South Wales' Sheffield Shield win over Western Australia.
Australia squad Simon Katich, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger, Clint McKay.
