Taylor's 'concern' over Pucovski's technique

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Former Test skipper Mark Taylor says the concerns regarding Will Pucovski's concussion issues spell acold beyond cricket.

"There's a greater awareness, and rather rightly concern, astir concussions," Taylor told Wide World of Sports connected Friday.

"Will and the aesculapian unit progressive are going to person to marque an appraisal connected the interaction this whitethorn person connected him. That's the interest - you interest astir the semipermanent effects of these caput knocks. To get 10 by the clip you're 23 is worrying."

Pucovski's latest setback came successful the nets during grooming past week.

Current Test skipper Tim Paine said helium was "shattered" by the news.

Paine said determination was "no doubt" Pucovski would person opened the batting successful the archetypal Ashes Test successful Brisbane, connected the backmost of sparkling signifier successful first-class cricket implicit the past year, including back-to-back treble centuries.

But is determination immoderate benignant of contented with the mode Pucovski is approaching that crippled that's starring to caput knocks?

"It's interesting, you inquire if there's a method contented and your gut feeling says determination indispensable be, but you look astatine his first-class grounds and it's precise good," Taylor said.

"He's been capable to heap connected plentifulness of runs, large scores, but there's got to beryllium thing going connected there, that helium gets deed much than most. Being a top-order subordinate and averaging 53, helium tin evidently play abbreviated bowling, but helium seems to beryllium getting deed excessively overmuch for anyone's liking, particularly himself.

"Then there's the short-term concerns. How is helium going to spell this year? It's inactive a mates of months until the archetypal Test but the interest is: what tin helium bash towards stemming the fig of caput blows?"

Fellow ex-Test skipper Michael Clarke agreed, saying connected Big Sports Breakfast that Pucovski's concussion issues were scary.

"He was conscionable having throwdowns successful the net. So let's accidental that's coming down astatine 120km/h; it's not 145km/h," Clarke said.

"I don't cognize capable astir his concern but the information it's his 10th, and he's having those effects days after, I deliberation this is truly touchy to beryllium honest. There's a fig of doubts and, again, I look from afar and I'm nervous."

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Taylor said Marcus Harris was astir apt the adjacent antheral up, but that the doorway was unfastened for idiosyncratic extracurricular of NSW and Victoria to sneak in.

"He's been making immoderate runs successful the region play successful England, truthful he's successful immoderate benignant of form. But the mode the play is panning out, NSW and Victoria players aren't going to get a batch of chances to amusement what benignant of signifier they're in.

"It mightiness beryllium a top-order subordinate from South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania oregon Queensland. They'll person a greater accidental to marque large runs successful the games they'll beryllium capable to play, and enactment their sanction up successful lights."

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