Sydney, December 27: Pakistan all-rounder Sohail Tanvir has pulled out of a contract with Australian side Victoria due to an injured knee.
The left-arm pacer was due to play for the Bushrangers in the Australian Twenty20 tournament but he has instead informed the Australian side of his unavailability, on medical advice.
”Tanvir had to pull out of his contract with Cricket Victoria, as he has been further advised by doctors to make sure his knee injury is properly healed,” Tanvir’s agents was qouted as saying by The Sydney Morning Herald.
They added that the healing process may need two to three weeks.
Tanvir, who last year turned out for South Australia in the event, has recently recovered from back trouble and a knee injury which forced him out of the Pakistan team.
”As much as I feel really good on my fitness, I have to listen to the advice of my doctors at the Pakistan Cricket Board,” Tanvir said.
”This is a huge loss for me and my cricket, but it is important that I have the go ahead from my doctors who have been working on my knee injury for a few months, as I have been recovering,” said Tanvir.
”I would like to thank Cricket Victoria for giving me the opportunity, and wish them best of luck in the T20 competition,” he added.
——Agencies