Cummins still cannot put the weight of his body through the foot he injured in South Africa and is running on a machine used by Sydney Swans footballers to reduce the load as he continues his slow recovery.
“The injury is healing slowly. It’s frustrating not to be playing. It’s going to take some time before I can get back out there, so I can’t put a date on it,” Cummins said.
Pattinson, who showed the first signs of a stress reaction in his foot towards the end of the second Test against India, wants to return for the one-day series against India and Sri Lanka but CA’s team performance manager, Pat Howard, suggested a comeback towards the end of that tournament was more realistic, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
He suffered a similar injury, to a different bone in the same foot, two years ago but medical staff believes early detection this time has saved him from a worse injury.
“We won’t rush him back. We’ll look to bring him back later in the [one-day] series depending on what players are available and where we are at that stage,” Howard said of Pattinson.
With three fast bowlers aged 21 or younger developing foot stress injuries - Josh Hazlewood also broke down last week - Howard said CA was gathering as much data as possible and initiated a review of its injury-management practices.
CA keeps data on each bowler going back several years. Pattinson’s recent workload meant he was due to be rested for the second or third Test against India anyway, despite being one of Australia''s most dangerous bowlers
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