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Matthew Kuhnemann, the Australian left-arm spinner, is hopeful to get clearance to fly to Sri Lanka on the upcoming Test tour after showcasing admirable recovery on his surgically repaired right thumb. After being named as one of the three spin bowlers in the Australian squad for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, the 28-year-old suffered a compound dislocation and fracture of his right thumb while playing in the BBL for Brisbane Heat last Thursday, for which he underwent surgery.

After getting the right thumb repaired the next day, Matthew Kuhnemann has managed to recover from injury at a rapid pace, and earlier today, he bowled eight overs at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane, as per the report from ESPNcricinfo. The bowling coach of Brisbane Heat and Queensland, Andy Bichel, also delivered a few throw downs to Matthew Kunhemann, apart from taking a few catches under BBL team physio Adam Smith’s supervision.

My bowling, batting and fielding has gone excellent so far: Matthew Kuhnemann

In his latest statement to the reporters, Matthew Kuhnemann sounded optimistic about flying to Sri Lanka, but didn’t give any confirmation to the contrary. He was quoted as saying, “Nothing's official yet. I think it was more about just ticking off the boxes each day this week, and so far it's gone to plan. I'm hoping so, but nothing's come out yet. I'll probably speak to the medical team this afternoon. My bowling, batting and fielding has gone excellent so far. So I'll just relay that message. There's a bit of a time zone difference and hopefully, I can get on the plane over there.”

Matthew Kuhnemann talked about the progress he made on the injured right thumb after getting it surgically repaired last week. He said, “I'm feeling really good, really grateful with how it sort of progressed in the last week. It's healed really well, and the surgery went excellent. Very fortunate and lucky so far that I'm sort of in a position to be able to bowl and bat and catch a few balls. Everything's gone to plan so far. There's not much pain at all any more, and no pain bowling and batting.”

Moreover, while playing competitive cricket, Matthew Kuhnemann can wear the plastic thumb splint, which he used before, to protect his right thumb without being required to remove it from his hand during bowling, since it’s in his non-bowling hand.