Maddinson breaks arm after Shield blow

[Glasgow]

Nic Maddinson has suffered a broken arm after copping a nasty blow in his debut JLT Sheffield Shield match for Victoria on Sunday.

The day after posting a brilliant 162 in his first innings with his new state, Maddinson was forced from the field and retired hurt after being struck by Western Australia speedster Jhye Richardson.

The left-hander had moved to 10 off 20 balls in the hosts' second innings at the MCG before a brute of a short ball from Richardson hit him on the right forearm.

After being taken from the ground for scans, Cricket Victoria later confirmed he'd suffered a fractured ulna.

He's set to be sidelined for four to six weeks, which will see him miss the start of the KFC Big Bash season with his new club Melbourne Stars.

Richardson had immediately gone to check on the batsman’s well-being as Maddinson received medical attention.

He recoiled in visible distress as the doctor performed a series of tests on his arm out in the middle of the ground. Maddinson had not been wearing an arm guard.

"To see him go down when he's batting so well is disappointing," Victoria spinner Jon Holland, who earlier took 5-65 to bowl WA out for 296, said of Maddinson after play.

"He's fitted in the group really well, he works hard, he's a good bloke," 

"We didn't know much until the Doc got out there and started pressing his thumb into his arm – it looked pretty painful.

"He's batting as well as we've ever seen him bat."