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Things couldn't possibly get worse than this... er, knock on wood...
- Thread starter Loony BoB
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PommieMacGill
State Regular
Erm, not conclusive but i'd say that any teams visiting the West Indies during the 1980's had their injury problems. Seem to remember Ian Botham saying that you were lucky if only 2 or 3 people came away from the West Indies with broken bones.
tooextracool
International Coach
perhaps not as serious was england's last ashes squad.....Loony BoB said:
we had thorpe out due to a mental illness
gough was never fit and yet made the tour, like bond
jones tore his ligament in the first test in that horrible fielding incident
caddick was out for part of that series with back problems?
crawley missed part of that series as well(missed the last 4 tests)
flintoff was injured for the entire series...
chris silverwood our replacement bowler got injured and only bowled 4 overs in the entire series
and if i remember correctly tudor got hit on the head by b.lee and missed most of that series too
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
Giles missed a large amount of the tour having bowled well in the first test as well, I believe.
Didn't Harmison break something of his (or Blackwell's) in the Nets?
Didn't Harmison break something of his (or Blackwell's) in the Nets?
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Probably someone in an adjacent netNeil Pickup said:
tooextracool
International Coach
caddick missed the 3rd test in perthAndre said:
just checked...crawley missed the 2nd and 3rdAndre said:
tooextracool
International Coach
lol giles took more wickets than warne in that one!Neil Pickup said:
tooextracool
International Coach
seems hard to believe that someone who scored 69* and got run out for 0 in the first test would have been kept out of the sideAndre said:
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
Can't be. There were more fight in Ipswich when they got rolled 9-0 by Manure than in Alex Tudor..
Langeveldt
Soutie
Yeah but what if he actually was always injured all the time... The only person who can tell that is him..Neil Pickup said:
How come guys like Richard Johnson , Gough etc. who have been injured so much arent labelled as "fakers"?
Craig
World Traveller
Englands 2002/03 Ashes squad has been the most injury plauged in my life.
Michael Vaughan (knee, shoulder)
Marcus Trescothick (shoulder)
Ashley Giles (broken arm)
Alec Stewart (groin/hand related?)
Darren Gough (knee)
Andy Caddick (back)
Steve Harmison (shin splits)
John Crawley (hip)
Alex Tudor (eye)
Craig White (hamstring)
Andrew Flintoff (hernia -sp)
Simon Jones (knee)
Chris Silverwood (ankle)
That's about all from what I can remember.
Michael Vaughan (knee, shoulder)
Marcus Trescothick (shoulder)
Ashley Giles (broken arm)
Alec Stewart (groin/hand related?)
Darren Gough (knee)
Andy Caddick (back)
Steve Harmison (shin splits)
John Crawley (hip)
Alex Tudor (eye)
Craig White (hamstring)
Andrew Flintoff (hernia -sp)
Simon Jones (knee)
Chris Silverwood (ankle)
That's about all from what I can remember.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Are cricketers' body armour and helmets directly descended from that stuff that Ned Kelly used to wear when 'shopping'?Linda said:Pah. Nothing the Aussies couldnt overcome...
(JOKE! JOKE! Before anyone shoots me down)
tooextracool
International Coach
ahh despite all that we managed to beat them in the 5th test! oh wait they didnt have warne and mcgrath.Craig said: