Voges ruled out for next County clash



Australia batsman Adam Voges was from Middlesex next County Championship excluded game, when he spoke of an accident on, the concussed him left his recovery. Voges was hit in the back of the head on the first day of Middlesex's match against Hampshire last Sunday, and was taken to hospital with concussion. He is now sitting Middlesex the next game against Nottinghamshire, with fellow Test bowler Jackson Bird, begins this Sunday in the Lord. Voges, the captain Middlesex this season, has fields at slip, when the former England Test opener Michael Carberry hit a boundary to fine leg.
The return from the sub fielder Ollie Rayner was over the head of wicketkeeper John Simpson and struck Voges on the back of the head. The Australians had remained in his fielding position and was looking down the wicket when the throw came. The 36-year-old immediately dropped to the ground, but was conscious when the Middlesex physiotherapist reached him in the middle. It is unclear whether he lost consciousness before the treatment. With the help of both physios teams was gone Voges able to go to the Rose Bowl ground. He was taken as a precaution to a hospital but later released and took no further part in the game. Voges decided with the team for the rest of the game to stay as Middlesex played their third consecutive draw to open the season and still have have a splitting headache understandably after the blow. It is unclear whether he will be in the locker room at the Lord, as he continues to recover. "(It was) a freak injury, as such, but I suppose you're wondering threw a cricket ball around a field, how much is it, one wonders why it does not happen often," Middlesex director of cricket Angus Fraser last week. "They are hard things, cricket balls, and it is a sad news for Adam and obviously disappointing for us." He did not feel very good in the locker room (after tapping), but he was taken to the hospital to get it over controlled. He was feeling much better and seems to be coming around. "Voges has taken 21, 92 and 50 in his three hits for Middlesex this season and the Lord's-based club sit third in Division One. Notts are above three points, with a win and a defeat in three games. Since a century on his test debut for Australia in the past year against the West Indies, the right-hander scoring has become a decisive factor in the Australian test side. in eight tests last summer, Voges passed 100 four times, notching two centuries, and it has currently at the incredible average of 95th

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