Will Pucovski likely to miss first Ashes Test

Australia’s Will Pucovski is likely to miss the first Ashes Test as he has continued to battle concussion symptoms. Moreover, he was ruled out of Victoria's next Sheffield Shield match. Pucovski is still recovering from a concussion that he suffered while training almost a month ago. 

"In discussions with the medical team and national selectors, it was felt that we'd give him a bit more time before he's selected to play for Australia," Victoria coach Chris Rogers told reporters.

"It's no doubt a setback. He hasn't quite recovered as well as hoped... from the concussion," he said. 

"No doubt there's a lot of frustration for him, he wants to be playing. He hasn't played for seven months and to walk straight back into the cauldron and have to perform against very good opposition, that is going to be really difficult. And that would have been playing on his mind also," Rogers said.

The Ashes is scheduled to begin on December 8 in Brisbane while the second and third matches will be played at Adelaide and Melbourne respectively. The teams will then travel to Sydney for the fourth encounter and then to Perth for the final clash.