The promising youngster and Victoria Bushrangers skipper Will Pucovski is suspected of a concussion after being struck on his head while trying to make most of the bouncer of the 26-year-old right-arm fast bowler Nick Buchanan.
Pucovski was playing for Bushrangers against Tasmania Casey Fields in Melbourne when he tried to hook vicious rising delivery which crashed into his helmet.
Pertinently, Pucovski, who has been the batting mainstay for Victoria has been ruled out of the Futures League competition after paramedics accessed the rookie batsman beyond the boundary line.
“Will Pucovski has been ruled out of the remainder of the match,” Trefor James, who is the Cricket Victoria doctor said in a release, was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia.
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The 19-year-old right-handed batsman Puckovski came to bat at number three to face 20-odd balls before being hit on the right side of a head on November 20.
Unfortunately, it was for the third time in the current year (2017), the prolific batsman suffered a concussion.
James reiterated Pucovski, who had dizzy spells in the past, is doing well at the moment and the management is bound to monitor the health of a batsman.
“We will continue to monitor him over the coming days, and we can then determine a return to play plan for him,” James maintained.
However, after Phillip Hughes’ death when Sean Abbott’s short and rising delivery hit around his earlobe in 2014, Cricket Australia made the amendment in the Rules and Regulations, in a bid to allow the substitute fielder for a concussed player.
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As the threat has continued to haunt Pucovski on the 22-yard surface with the ball, the youngster has been working hard to plug in the loopholes.
Interestingly, he was hit by Ben Cutting’s bouncer in the recently concluded JLT One-day Cup after accidentally smashing his head at home.
Pucovski, who also played football for his high school suffered a major concussion when his head banged on opponent’s knee which worsened the case for a batsman, who has risen among the ranks to make his domestic debut in February early this year.
During the fielding, awkward bounce saw Pucovski was hit in the head which further saw him staying away from the field for over 90 days.
In 2016, Pucovski amassed runs at the whopping average of 162.5 in the Under-19 domestic championship which further put him on the cusp of being one of the best batters in the domestic format.
In the recent past, Pucovski spent around seven months off the field, as he is expected to return sooner to the domestic leg.
However, in the warm-up fixture against England in Townsville, Pucovski scored 20 and one.
Earlier, in the first practice game, for Cricket XI Pucovski was unimpressive with the bat when he was able to post four and one in both the innings in Adelaide.
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Puckovski, who is known for having all shots in his book, has struggled while facing the short-ball ploy before the string of concussion jolted his confidence from time-to-time.