Cricket prodigy Will Pucovski announces devastating news

Former Aussie cricket prodigy Will Pucovski has announced the saddest news of his career in an emotional public appearance.

Will Pucovski has announced he has played his final cricket game.

The former Test prodigy on Tuesday confirmed he has retired from all forms of cricket effective immediately, saying he is still struggling with concussion symptoms.

Pucovski’s sad journey has left Aussie cricket fans devastated with his career ruined by a series of brain injuries.

Pucovski had been encouraged by a medical panel to retire after he was hit on the helmet batting against Tasmanian quick Riley Meredith in March last year, NewsWire reports.

The 27-year-old was contracted by Victoria this summer despite not playing a match as the investigation carried over the contract deadline.

He admits he is scared by his ongoing symptoms, including a weak left side, headaches and a proneness to motion sickness.

“It unfortunately got me in a pretty bad spot and then I guess from there it was quite tough because the couple of months post that were really tough from a physical point of view,” Pucovski told SEN.

Will Pucovski and fiancee Emma. Photo: Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images and instagram.

“Really struggling to get anything done, even walking around the house was a struggle, my fiancé wasn’t too happy because I couldn’t contribute.

“I was sleeping a lot and then not sleeping at all, going through a lot of different things and I guess from there it’s been a really tough year because a lot of the symptoms haven’t really gone away.

“Which has made this decision come to a head in a way because those first couple of months were absolutely horrendous but since then there’s been lingering stuff which hasn’t really left me.

“I have only just turned 27 and the whole space of concussion is very young in the sense that you don’t really know what is what.”

Pucovski, who played one Test for Australia and scored a half-century against Indian star Jasprit Bumrah, says he is searching for answers about his condition.

“It’s unfortunately gotten to a stage now where a year or so down the track (I am) still suffering, still don’t have the answers I have been looking for in terms of why I am still getting these symptoms and it’s come time to make this decision,” he said.

Will Pucovski made a 50 in his only Test (Photo by Cameron Spencer - CA/Cricket Australia via Getty Images)

“There’s obviously the mental health symptoms, which in my medical opinion is definitely related to the concussion stuff.

“There’s a lot of fatigue which is quite bad, I still get regular headaches, a weird thing which has been bizarre to me is I struggle with things on my left side.

“If I have got things happening in my left, I start feeling really dizzy, really sick, really headachey.

“On Saturday I had to get the train into the city for a bit of last minute wedding prep, coming home from that I planned to watch my mates at Old Brighton but I had to have a three hour nap because I was buggered from the train.”

— with NewsWire

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