Sydney: Prodigy Batting Australia will Pucovski impossible to play in the first ash test against England after failing to recover from concussion, said the country coach Wednesday.
The 23-year-old player, who was hit on his head in the net last month, has withdraw from the domestic match on Friday between Victoria and New South Wales.
“He hasn’t recovered enough and hopes for this game from Geshegarya …
no doubt that setback, I will say now it is impossible he will play in the first test,” said coach Victoria Chris Rogers.
Abu began in Brisbane on December 8 but Rogers said that the best case scenario was Pucovski returned to the middle of the five-test series.
Pucovski is considered one of the best Australian prospects but his career has been damaged by a series of concussion and mental health problems, limiting him to only one appearance of the test.
The setback left Australia Mulling WHO to partner David Warner to open a blow against England, with Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja and Travis Head The Leads Contenders.
Rogers said Pucovski would not hurry to the test arena before he was ready.
“Everyone in this conversation understands we have great talents in our hands and we want him to play in three to five to 10 years,” he said.
“This is a decision that we will make in its best interests and hopefully we can arrange it to play for a long career.”