Kirsten suffers cracked jaw during training

HOBART: Former South African cricketer and current Hobart Hurricanes coach Gary Kirsten suffered a cracked jaw and was left needing dental treatment following a training mishap at Blundstone Arena's indoor nets on Saturday (January 13).

Kirsten was giving D'Arcy Short throwdowns and the in-form batsman, who is leading the charts in the BBL this season, hit one back fiercely that led to the injury on the 50-year-old's face.

Even though he didn't require surgery, Kirsten immediately needed medical attention to fix his broken teeth. He was spotted with heavy swelling around his mouth on Monday during his side's encounter with Brisbane Heat. "It was wet, so we were in the indoor centre. Darce just whacked one back at him that he didn't pick up in time," Hurricanes skipper George Bailey told cricket.com.au about the incident.

"He is hitting the ball pretty cleanly and hard at the moment. It was a bit messy. (Kirsten) has actually come out of it very luckily in the big scheme of things."He said that he's probably been a blase about that over the years. It's obviously prompted (a change) - everyone has had (helmets) on since," he added

Short remained unfazed following the incident and continued his rich vein of form to guide Hurricanes to another victory. In the process, he went past Shaun Marsh's record for the most number of runs scored in a single BBL season. Short has currently scored 465 runs from seven innings and Bailey believes that his teammate will be donning the national colours soon.