Cricket : Injury Lay-Off Brings Painful Memories - and Relief

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Being told to rest, put your feet up (literally), and have a few weeks' break would, to many, seem like heaven. And I count myself amongst the many. Perhaps not the sentiments you might expect but let me explain.

Back in 2002 I snapped a knee ligament four days before the start of the season. I had just returned from the Academy and was looking to make the leap to international player. To say that the world ended on that day for me was not far from the truth.

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Cricket : Injury Lay-Off Brings Painful Memories - and Relief

I then went through ten weeks of both mental and physical torment to emerge a stronger but scarred cricketer. Scarred because I understood the sense of the w...

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