South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher unlikely to make quick return

The former South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher admits he is "unlikely to play professional cricket in the near future" as a result of the horrific eye injury he sustained last month.The 35-year-old had to leave the Test tour of England following the injury he suffered when a bail hit him in the eye in a tour match at Taunton on 9 July and it was confirmed the following day he had retired from international cricket.After an emergency operation in England, he flew home for further surgery in Cape Town, with his medical team later reporting they were optimistic Boucher had a "reasonable recovery" of the vision in his left eye.Boucher faced the South African media on Wednesday for the first time since the accident and revealed the full extent of the injury in a statement which was also released through Cricket South Africa.