With this surgery, Behrendorff will be ruled out for the rest of the 2019-20 domestic season. He is expected to undergo his surgery next week in New Zealand.
Australia pacer Jason Behrendorff has opted to undergo the spinal surgery in search of his long-term solution to his ongoing lower back injury, Cricket Australia confirmed on Tuesday.
With this surgery, Behrendorff will be ruled out for the rest of the 2019-20 domestic season. He is expected to undergo his surgery next week in New Zealand.
The 29-year-old apparently took suggestions from former New Zealand bowler Shane Bond and James Pattinson as both the cricketers had undergone similar surgery.
Bond was the bowling coach of Behrendorff during his stint with Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2019. The New Zealander underwent a surgery in 2004 which extended his career by six years.
Pattinson too underwent similar surgery in 2017, which helped him make a comeback in the Australian team.
The left-handed bowler from Western Australia was ruled out from T20 Blast in late August after having a back injury. Behrendorff appeared in only two matches against Essex and Glamorgan and wasn't able to pick a single wicket in the two games.
In his interview to cricket.com.au, Behrendorff said that his latest recurrence of back stress fractures initially had him weighing up whether to pull the pin entirely on his career before declaring: "I'm not done yet."
"Unfortunately I've had the same injury over the last few years and we've tried a number of things and the injury continues to return," Behrendorff said.
"After a lot of thought and discussion we've decided that surgery is the best opportunity to find a more permanent fix."
"I'm feeling good about the surgery, I've spoken to a number of Aussie and Kiwi bowlers who've had a similar surgery and they were all very positive about the results."
"This particular procedure has had good success rates in other professional pace bowlers with similar reoccurring issues," he added.
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