Published: Sep 02, 2019, 09:59 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 02, 2019, 09:59 PM (IST)
West Indies on Monday drafted Jermaine Blackwood into their playing XI for the remainder of the second Test against India as a concussion substitute for Darren Bravo.
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Bravo retired hurt on 23 on the morning of Day Four having driven Jasprit Bumrah to the covers in the fourth over of the day. He had suffered a blow to the helmet in the last over of Day Three, off a Bumrah bouncer. The ball had struck the right side of his helmet which sent his stem guards (that protect a batsman’s neck area) flying. Before retiring hurt, he faced two more balls on the third evening, and a further ten balls on Monday morning.
🚨Concussion Substitute Update🚨#WIvIND Bravo has been ruled out, Jermaine Blackwood will come in as his replacement.#MenInMaroon #ItsOurGame #WTC pic.twitter.com/NvHPJsItHo
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) September 2, 2019
According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, a medical examination confirmed a concussion, and match referee David Boon gave his approval for Blackwood to come into the game as a substitute.
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A Cricket West Indies (CWI) spokesperson said Bravo had undergone a concussion test after the end of the third day’s play, and passed it.
Just to make things clear, both Bravo and Blackwood will be credited with a Test appearance each. Blackwood will bat, making it 12 players batting in the West Indies innings. The runs scored by the two will be included in their respective career figures. #WIvIND #INDvWI
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) September 2, 2019
Meanwhile, Blackwood isn’t part of West Indies’ squad, but is a local from Jamaica and had earlier fielded as a substitute during the match. His last Test appearance was in Bulawayo in October-November 2017. He becomes the second concussion substitute in men’s Test cricket after the Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne, who was substituted after Steve Smith suffered a sickening blow to the head in the second Ashes 2019 Test at Lord’s last month.
