One thing that I constantly get asked as a professional cricketer is, do you have to be fit to be a cricketer?

Andrew Gale has responded to the questions posed to him by various Cricket Web members and visitors bringing to the surface some interesting bits of information.

October tends to be the month when cricketers get some time off from cricket and can relax. It is also the time many go away on holiday and forget about the exhausting season. I managed to get away with my Wife to Cyprus for a week. Unfortunately for myself and Andy the relaxation time is short lived as we have our own coaching business which kicked off for the winter on the 16th October. I guess you could say myself and Andy have cricket in our blood!

Sorry for the delay everyone since the last article but the schedule is tough. I am writing before the Surrey game to be played at Headingley Carnegie this week.

I am eventually back playing cricket again after three months on the sidelines with a bad hamstring and calf injury. With no 2nd XI cricket or practice I was selected for the Yorkshire Twenty/20 side to play against Leicestershire at Grace Road.

Things have gone from bad to worse since my last article! Having recovered from the tear of my hamstring, I was selected to play for Yorkshire 2nd XI vs Notts and was told a decent knock and I would be back in the 1st team.

We are now three weeks into the season and things have gone well from a team point of view and a personal point of view.

The competitive season starts this Sunday with a Sky Sports fixture vs Durham at the Riverside ground. Unfortunately I will not be available for selection due to a grade 2 tear of my right hamstring.