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This is an archive article published on March 11, 2000

Fitness problems plague Walsh, Ambrose

KINGSTON, MARCH 10: The West Indies legendary opening pacemen Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh are struggling to be 100 percent fit for t...

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KINGSTON, MARCH 10: The West Indies legendary opening pacemen Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh are struggling to be 100 percent fit for the opening cricket Test with Zimbabwe which starts next Thursday in Trinidad.

However, Ronald Rogers, the West Indian sports therapist, claimed the injury was not serious enough to rule the beanpole West Indies fast bowler out of the opening Test.

“There is no concern about him not being able to play or anything like that,” Rogers said. “He is feeling no pain and the problem has been recurring for years. Its just that I want to know what is causing it in order to deal with it. That’s the reason for the X-ray.”

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Ambrose bowled a five-over spell on Thursday during training which simulated match conditions. Once his spell was complete, he took no further part in training and saw a doctor who prescribed anti-inflammatories.

The concern about Ambrose comes on the heels of an ankle injury to his long-time new-ball partner Walsh, who is also recovering from a bout of influenza which has kept him out of much of the activities in a nine-day training camp.

Walsh, who needs nine wickets to break Kapil Dev’s world record of 434 Test wickets, returned to Sabina Park on Thursday for the first time after being confined to bed because of flu.

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