da bet nacional： Australia suffered an injury scare on the last day of their warm-up matchagainst a Sri Lanka President’s XI as Brett Lee was taken to hospital with a sore left ankle
Wisden Cricinfo staff04-Mar-2004Australia suffered an injury scare on the last day of their warm-up matchagainst a Sri Lanka President’s XI as Brett Lee was taken to hospital with a sore left ankle.Scans revealed no structural damage and Australia are hopeful that he mayrecover in time for the first Test which starts on Monday in Galle, but RickyPonting admitted that the injury was a big concern.”It is a big concern, especially the way he bowled in the first inningshere,” Ponting told reporters afterwards. “He bowled quick and swung theball a lot and we had hoped he could do that in the first Test.””He feared the worst straight away but the scans have come up pretty cleartoday. He has a couple of days for rest and treatment over the weekend andwe will hope that everything comes up ok for Monday.”Lee had been a major handful in the first innings, ripping out four toporder wickets during an eight-over burst with the new ball. He also pickedup a wicket in the second innings before hobbling off mid-way through hisfourth over.