SYD­NEY, Aus­tralia–All-rounder An­dre Rus­sell's par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Big Bash was left in doubt af­ter he suf­fered a ham­string in­jury in Syd­ney Thun­der's six-wick­et vic­to­ry over Mel­bourne Stars yes­ter­day.

The 29-year-old chased a ball to third man dur­ing the Stars in­nings but pulled up me­tres be­fore the bound­ary ropes, drop­ping to the ground and clutch­ing his left ham­string.

He was stretchered from the field and the Thun­der fran­chise con­firmed af­ter­wards that the play­er had suf­fered a ham­string in­jury and would un­der­go scans Thurs­day to de­ter­mine the ex­tent of the dam­age.

Rus­sell was al­ready set to un­der­go scans fol­low­ing the game, to deal with a trou­ble­some knee in­jury which has plagued him in re­cent games.

He is the third West In­dies star to be struck down by in­jury dur­ing the tour­na­ment. Last week, women's all-rounder De­an­dra Dot­tin suf­fered mul­ti­ple frac­tures of her cheek­bone in an on-field col­li­sion with Bris­bane Heat team­mate Lau­ra Har­ris and was forced to un­der­go surgery. (CMC)