Further setback for Pucovski as Ashes hopes fade

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Victorian manager Chris Rogers has admitted breathtaking batter Will Pucovski is improbable to play immoderate portion successful this summer's Ashes series, aft his instrumentality from concussion was delayed.

The 23-year-old wasn't considered for enactment for Victoria's Sheffield Shield lucifer against New South Wales, opening successful Sydney connected Friday.

Pucovski is inactive feeling the effects of a concussion helium suffered successful October - the 10th important caput sound of his career.

Rogers says the right-hander is improbable to instrumentality to home cricket until February.

"That's up to him, helium won't play Big Bash I imagine," helium said.

"He'll astir apt spot however helium tin get himself right, play immoderate nine cricket, whether that's earlier Christmas oregon after, and past we'll person a large artifact of home cricket station the BBL.

"We person 5 Sheffield Shield games and 3 one-day home games, truthful hopefully helium tin beryllium a portion of each of those."

Without immoderate cricket for Victoria nether his belt, Rogers concedes there's small accidental Pucovski tin play immoderate portion successful the Ashes series, which finishes successful Perth successful mid-January.

"I can't spot however helium tin present get the accidental to amusement that he's acceptable to spell and play successful the Test matches," helium said.

"If helium was to beryllium playing nine cricket and beryllium picked retired of nine cricket I'd astir apt beryllium beauteous surprised.

"Even Will understands that arsenic well. I don't person a crystal ball, but it's astir apt going to beryllium challenging for him to play Test cricket this summer."

Rogers says there's nary request to unreserved Pucovski backmost into the Victorian side, noting that enarthrosis country besides restricted his pre-season preparations.

"I was determination erstwhile helium was struck, it wasn't 1 wherever we thought, 'this is going to beryllium terrible' but arsenic he's conscionable had symptoms that person lasted a agelong time," helium explained.

"I've been speaking to our aesculapian squad and it really takes rather a agelong clip for him to retrieve from a fewer of these blows.

"If thing the clip to retrieve has been getting shorter and shorter, truthful this 1 has astir apt lasted a spot longer, but we're trusting our aesculapian squad and Will to marque the close decision."

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