(Reuters) - Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh requires reconstructive surgery on his shoulder injury which will sideline him for up to nine months and end his hopes of participating in this year's Ashes series, local media reported on Monday. Marsh, a pace-bowling all-rounder, struggled with the shoulder injury throughout Australia's home summer and was ruled out of Australia's remaining two tests in India last week. Surgery, which the Western Australian newspaper said was "vital" if he was ever to bowl at full pace again, would effectively put the 25-year-old out of contention for the home Ashes series, which starts in Brisbane in late November. During the first two tests against India at Pune and Bengaluru, the Western Australian scored 48 runs in four innings and bowled just five overs. (Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru, editing by Nick Mulvenney)

Source: The Star March 13, 2017 03:38 UTC