Will Pucovski of Australia A lies injured after been struck in the helmet off the bowling of Kartik Tyagi of India A during International Tour match at Drummoyne Oval on December 08, 2020 in Sydney, Australia.
That injury became the first of 13 concussions he suffered before retiring from cricket on medical advice. His last match was for Victoria in 2024.
Pucovski’s lawyers have filed a statement of claim saying the school mishandled the head injury he suffered during an Australian rules football training session, according to reports in multiple Australian media outlets.
Pucovski played one Test for Australia against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2021. Opening the batting, he scored 62 in the first innings against an attack that included Jasprit Bumrah. He injured his shoulder while fielding during that match and missed the series-deciding Test at the Gabba. However, it was the repeated head injuries that eventually ended his cricket career.
Pucovski suffered his final serious concussion in March 2024 after being hit on the head by a ball from Riley Meredith during a Sheffield Shield match. Following advice from an independent medical panel, he retired from professional cricket at the age of 27. Because i have never felt the same since that day, it is probably the biggest day of my life in a weird way,.
I went from someone who would do anything and everything, to basically sitting on the couch doing nothing for an extended period,” he had said, as quoted by Wisden. “I literally got walked to the sidelines and then my only memory was the coach coming up to me and being like, ‘Do you want to keep training?’. I am like, ‘Yeah’. So I just went and trained for the rest of the day.