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Ponting has surgery on wrist tendon

Source REUTERS
Last Updated: Mon, Jul 07, 2008 15:42 hrs
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting has undergone surgery on a wrist injury suffered during the side's tour of the West Indies, Cricket Australia (CA) announced on Monday.

Ponting left the tour early after sustaining the injury during the third one-day international in St George's, Grenada on June 29.

Australia completed a 5-0 sweep in the one-day series on Sunday after winning the three-match Test series 2-0.

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"Ricky has sustained a tendon injury that requires repair of tissues that hold the tendon in place -- this surgery was performed today," CA medical officer Trefor James said in a statement.

James said a decision on Ponting's availability for the home series against Bangladesh in August and the Champions Trophy in Pakistan a month later would be made after monitoring his recovery in the coming weeks.

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