All-conquering Australian cricket stars dropping like flies during 'rest period'

After proven extremely tough for the bowlers Zealand to drive last summer, Australia's top cricketers fall now, are like ninepins.

In a bizarre sequence of events, running machine Adam Voges' freak injury when struck on the head by a stray throw from a buddy team Middlesex made it six top Australians currently sidelined.

Four were from injury during the Indian Premier League suffered the captain Steve Smith , Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh and John Hastings forced home connection key strike bowler Mitchell Starc on the edge as he recovers from ankle surgery, which ruled him out of the  World Twenty20 and the IPL. Ironically, the Australians are in a certain "rest" in the midst of a packed international schedule.
Voges was hospitalized suffering concussion taken and will not play the rest of the Middlesex County Championship Division a match against Hampshire in Southampton.
The Middlesex skipper was standing at first slip and was beaten on the back of the head, as wicketkeeper John Simpson was not to collect litter able sub Ollie Rayner lobbed. Voges hard on the floor and there was immediate concern for his welfare before he supported was gone and complained later in the locker room of discomfort.
Middlesex director of cricket Angus Fraser said: "It was a freak injury but you wonder why, when a cricket ball is thrown so much to the field, as is the case, it's not often a cricket ball a hard thing is ..

"It's sad for Adam and disappointing for us because we will not have made him use in this game.

"He did not feel very good in the locker room, so we decided to bring him to the hospital, checked him over. He wants to stay here, even if he can not play."

The 36-year-old Western Australian has a hit rate of 95.5 from 15 Tests after scoring 239, 60 and 10 not in Australia's 2-0 series victory in New Zealand in February.
Smith added Rising Pune Giants coach Stephen Fleming woes if he did not from the IPL with a wrist injury after scores of 46 out, was ruled in his last three innings 101 and 45th Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris did not expect it would be Smith exclude any international cricket as the best test of the world and one-day international team prepare for a Caribbean tour next month.

"From the information we have so far, this does not seem to be a serious injury, but we are keen to give him time to recover and rehabilitate before the end of May to the West Indies."

Rounder Mitchell Marsh - nabbed from Pune for 48 million rupees [NZ $ 1.07 million] at the auction IPL in February - was suffered while batting during training at home forced a side strain. Brother Shaun was the last to join the queue to the airport on Monday when the Kings XI Punjab batsman suffered a back injury. Hastings, the ODI seamer, not playing in the IPL after he injured an ankle in a warm-up game for Kolkata.

to suffer more high profile internationals IPL-ending injuries were Kevin Pietersen, Faf du Plessis (both Pune), Lasith Malinga and Lendl Simmons (both Mumbai). Meanwhile injury allowed Black Caps opener Martin Guptill a callup to the Mumbai Indians while Flemings giant Australian batsmen Usman Khawaja and George Bailey in the midst of a horror injury brought tribute. The Giants are sixth on the IPL ladder with two wins and six defeats, with Brendon McCullum Gujarat Lions on top of the table.