 Waugh faces a race against time to be fit for the second Test |
Australia skipper Steve Waugh hopes to be fit for the second Test against West Indies despite sustaining a gashed hand in Guyana last week. Waugh, who became the most capped player ever in Australia's first-Test victory, split the webbing on his left hand while fielding on day three.
The 37-year-old returned to the field with his hand heavily strapped, though he was not required to bat in Australia's second innings.
He faces a race against time, with the second Test starting on Saturday in Trinidad.
"It's sore. There's six stitches in it," Waugh said on Tuesday.
"It's going to be sore for a week.
"You still have to be able to hold a bat properly and I have to be able to do justice to my position in the side."
Waugh's toughness is legendary in cricket.
A shattered nose did not keep him out of a Test in Sri Lanka in 1999 after a mid-field collision with team-mate Jason Gillespie.
And he only missed one Test in England in 2001 despite tearing a hole in his calf muscle during a marathon knock of 150 at The Oval.
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