WA fast will begin the summer in Australia's 50-over domestic match but is awaiting clearance to perform red-ball cricket following a gradual recovery from a back injuries.
Emerging fast Lance Morris acknowledges that working his way through another back injury rehabilitation program has been "frustrating," but hopes a careful approach will help him prepare for the Sheffield Shield matchup against Australia in this summer.
The 26-year-old has never played since the ODI set against West Indies in February. Morris made his international debut in the line opener in Canberra, but he later suffered a area strain that put his time on its end.
Morris had been due to line-up for Seattle Orcas in Major League Cricket before post-season scans showed a hot spot in his back and he was n't considered for Australia's current tour of Scotland and England. It was a relapse of the damage that ruled the West Australian paceman out of the Ashes journey in 2023.
" It's been a little irritating," Morris told ESPNcricinfo. " I guess you call it a stress fracture, but when we scan it, it does n't have the natural characteristics of a usual stress fracture. So at first, there was some confusion regarding what specifically was.
I had a difficult time because I did n't actually experience back pain while bowling. I have an MRI on my up each month to check whether things are going in the right direction. And it's been clearing up... cure, so that's a good. "
Morris struggled for about eight months because he managed to maintain his workout levels through regular exercise and running.
It's frustrating to have to put a stop for a few times. I have a Cricket Australia commitment at that point in my career... . it's a move into a 12-month batsman," he said.
" I was always planning to travel to MLC, but I always made it."
The positive side is that I've maintained my fitness and experience more powerful than ever. Whereas if I ignored it and cracked on with items, there's every possibility that I would spend 12 months on the outside. "
Morris ' ability to bowl at speeds of over 150kph earned him a lot of attention because he was nicknamed" The Wild Thing" in honor of former tearaway Shaun Tait. He rose to prominence as one of Australia's fastest bowlers and started his stint as a Western Australia executioner on bouncy WACA decks before joining the Test squad.
Morris had been unsure whether he could reach maximum speed once more until going "full wobble" in recent days restored his trust after gradually increasing his ball load.
" The difficult thing with stacking up actually slowly is that you have limitations on the rate you can dish at different intervals," he said. You "remember to know how you're going to accelerate."
" But over the last couple of weeks, it's been basically chains out. It's been great to let the ball move. "
Morris is set to make his returning through Australia's home 50-over opposition starting later this month before eyeing a red-ball return in the Sheffield Shield. Western Australia, the reigning warriors, kick off their Shield campaign against Queensland on October 8 at the WACA.
" Meetings so far... basically it's ok to start playing one-day cricket, so [ I might play ] one of the first two white-ball games," Morris said with WA opening the One-Day competition against New South Wales on September 22 before playing South Australia two days later.
" The preparation and preparation for Shield cricket does take a little bit of a course." However, I believe everything is going well and that round one or two may be my time. I'm not very sure simply yet, but we're not far off. "
There are four sessions of the Shield before the first Evaluation in Perth. A strong foundation of aggressive cricket might force Morris into the mixture with concerns over Australia's detail behind former speed trio Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.
" I have no aspirations at all. But if the possibility does come, maybe I can hop on it with both fingers," Morris said of his Test leads. " Fingers crossed I can stay in the garden this year because I believe there may be some opportunities." "
While recovering from a stress bone in his rear, WA left-arm ace Liam Haskett is expected to miss the start of the Sheffield Shield period.
Post-season images confirmed a frequency of an injury Haskett suffered a few years back. The tall six-foot-six-inch paceman made history when he took 20 innings on his comeback. 75 from six Shield games. Haskett, 23, took six innings in the Shield last against Victoria at the Junction Oval, but a foot wound prevented him from missing the final game.
" A rough timeline would be getting up towards the close of November-early December, but that could change with a record consequence," Haskett told ESPNcricinfo. Coming off my first year, it's annoying, but we'll work toward returning to the field in the middle of the season. "
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