Phil Hughes dislocates his shoulder.....

....and is likely to miss the Aus tour to england to play Pakistan next month.

Step up Mr Usman Khawaja!

He's had 5 blobs in 6 innings and a couple of pairs already. Not a great season....

Chris Rogers (very much in the runs) and Phil Jaques (not in the runs yet) are both over there already ... both well ahead of Usman for this potential vacancy I'd have thought.

Fark. Got my phews mixed up with my jecks.

Bad dislocation, then? Surgery needed?

Yeah, he did it in training yesterday and I think he's already had surgery.

Rogers surely.

Several others ahead of Khawaja, but he does play for NSW so he gets a leg up.

Rogers is too old, and isn't much of a team man, whilst Jaques is hopelessly out of form. Khawaja can open the batting or bat in the middle order, and has done both for NSW.

We're gone! How will we cope without the next Bradman in the team?

JGK wrote:Rogers surely.

taking the piss, surely.

Did he dislocate it taking his leather jacket off or putting it on?

G.Wood wrote:Did he dislocate it taking his leather jacket off or putting it on?

Combing his hair.

Details

"Phillip Hughes has severely injured his shoulder in Sydney and is expected to miss three series over the winter.

The young opener dislocated his left shoulder during boxing training.

After scans, Hughes decided to have an operation to repair the damage in the coming days.

Doctors had advised that he faced a 90 per cent chance of the injury recurring if he did not have surgery."

Henry wrote:Rogers is too old, and isn't much of a team man, whilst Jaques is hopelessly out of form. Khawaja can open the batting or bat in the middle order, and has done both for NSW.

I know you've got a thing for young blokes from Sydney, and Khawaja - at 22 - fits that bill, but what about David Hussey or Chris Hartley? They both had more than respectable Shield seasons with the bat.

FTM, Steve Smith is a Dubber who's more consistent than Khawaja with the bat.