Malinga Loves Tests - Haters Can Suck It

[Athlai]

Interviews : Lasith Malinga: 'It makes me sad that I can't play Tests anymore' | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Red]

What a crock. If he loved test cricket, he'd play it.

Fact is, he loves the T20 cash cow.

 

[Athlai]

Na bro. Na.

 

[Debris]

He is sad about it, just not sad enough to take the pay cut to do it.

 

[Spikey]

What a bastard. Choosing health over pain.

 

[Daemon]

Yeah. Injuries don't just mean 'Oh bother, looks like I'm going to be missing a couple of matches'. There's pain, the obvious frustration at not being able to play the game you love, losing fitness, missing out on earning money, problems you might face when you get older and all kinds of other things depending on the seriousness of the injury.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Interesting read. What actually is his chronic knee condition?

This bit caught my eye:

the knee injury I have is something only four or five other people in the world have - mostly Aussie Rules football players, no cricketers.

Must be literally dozens of bowling careers curtailed by bum knees, so it's interesting his particular one seems rare in the sport.

 

[Prince EWS]

Talk is cheap Athers.

 

[Spikey]

Must be literally dozens of bowling careers curtailed by bum knees, so it's interesting his particular one seems rare in the sport.

no idea. something similar to adam cooney's? altough cooney's isn't rare i don't think. they just can't fix it.

 

[Migara]

What a crock. If he loved test cricket, he'd play it.

Fact is, he loves the T20 cash cow.

+1

He loves T20 more and money most

 

[Howe_zat]

It is an oddly specific injury that it results in a financially lucrative degree of pain.

 

[Burgey]

He was never that good a test bowler anyway. Had a weird action. Over rated.

 

[Prince EWS]

Talk is cheap Athers.

Unlike his playing services ftr.

 

[BoyBrumby]

He was never that good a test bowler anyway. Had a weird action. Over rated.

TBF weird actions aren't necessarily a brake on being a good test performer. Ignoring the vomiting they induce from sensitive souls like me, Ajmal and Murali have both made goes of the longer format.

Not suggesting Malinga's action was "weird" in any rule-threatening sense, I hasten to add.

 

[Athlai]

I will destroy you all. (mostly)

 

[DriveClub]

Too many keyboard warriors on this site, if I had a recurring injury problem and had a way out of it which also pays me bloody well I know what I'd do.

 

[Jono]

Unlike his playing services ftr.

12+ hours to think of this gem?

 

[Prince EWS]

12+ hours to think of this gem?

Pretty much, yeah. Wasn't exactly sitting there trying to think up a joke, but it occurred to me when I came across my old post.

 

[Spikey]

PEWS - Flawed Comic

 

[Athlai]

PEWS - shunt