Star Brisbane Heat paceman Spencer Johnson has opened up about his mystery toe injury, saying it’s even left multiple doctors and surgeons perplexed. Johnson, who featured for Australia in the T20 series against Pakistan last month, missed the first two games of the Big Bash season after snapping a tendon in his toe. Hee returned in stunning fashion on Thursday night with career-best figures of 4-20 in Brisbane’s 33-run loss to the Scorchers in Perth.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today After the match, Johnson showed off the intricate strapping on his right foot that is helping to ease the pain on his troublesome middle toe. It’s an injury he will likely have to manage for the rest of the BBL campaign, and he has no idea when it will fully heal. “I snapped my tendon in a Shield game about a month ago, and to be honest, we still don’t really know how it’s happened, or why it’s happened,” Johnson said.
“It’s such a bizarre injury. Four surgeons have looked at it, four sports doctors have looked at it, and they’re all mind blown. “We’ve come up with a decent method to strap it, and hopefully that should be right for the rest of the season.
” Johnson said he’s not worrying too much about it despite the unknowns. “It is such a bizarre thing, I could wake up tomorrow and it could be all right,” he said. “It felt really good out there today, and we’re looking after it, we’ll manage it.
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