Monday 20 November 2017 14:40, UK
Bowler Stuart Broad is reported to be 'fine' after being hit by a golf ball ahead of England's Ashes campaign on Thursday.
The England fast bowler was hit by a stray golf ball on his lower back during the tourists' day off at Brisbane Golf Club on Monday, but the injury will not prevent him from playing in the first Test at the Gabba.
An England team spokesman said: "Stuart Broad was practising on the putting green at Brisbane Golf Club when he was hit by a stray golf ball from a member. He is fine and no dramas. The ball hit him on his lower back."
Broad is no stranger to finding himself in the firing line in Brisbane, where the home crowd and press delivered a barrage of verbal bouncers in his direction on his last Ashes trip.
Broad became public enemy number one round these parts in 2013-14 when most of Australia remained irked by his decision four months earlier not to walk off in the Trent Bridge Test after edging a ball, via the wicketkeeper's gloves, to slip.
In response, Brisbane's Courier Mail refused to name him - referring instead to "the 27-year-old medium-pacer", and printing only washed-out and faceless silhouettes of him.
Broad has spoken several times in the lead-up to this Ashes campaign, which begins at the Gabba on Thursday, of his curiosity to see what is in store for him here this time.
There has been nothing of note, however, since England's arrival on Sunday until - in the expected sanctuary of Brisbane Golf Club - he was hit by a stray ball on the lower back while he was bending down to size up a practice putt.
