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Leading players who had a disability etc (e.g. Len Hutton's arm)
- Thread starter Brook's side
- Start date
Coronis
International Coach
The man does great work.
Lucky Martin Guptill wasn’t a leg spinner.
I knew Greig had epilepsy but not Rhodes (though his is much more mild and seemed to require a head knock lol) but its nice to see two of my favourite players succeeding whilst sharing my condition. Never knew Gayle had a heart condition either. Guess I can now forgive him for retiring from the longer format so soon, I imagine that would be quite a strain.
Socerer 01
International Captain
i would rather have a tree over Kusal Mendis at this point
Chubb
International Regular
Few Zimbabweans. My hero Ray Price overcame severe coordination issues as a kid, caused by an operation to restore his hearing after childhood meningitis.
Doug Marillier was in a serious car accident and in a wheelchair for several months as a teenager.
Craig Ervine has a deformity of his right hand, caused by a childhood accident. It caused him to switch from right to left hand batting. Apparently his teammates used to call him “the claw” until the coach told them to stop it.
Doug Marillier was in a serious car accident and in a wheelchair for several months as a teenager.
Craig Ervine has a deformity of his right hand, caused by a childhood accident. It caused him to switch from right to left hand batting. Apparently his teammates used to call him “the claw” until the coach told them to stop it.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
He still bowls right handed though which is odd.
Chubb
International Regular
I just checked my copy of Alan Butcher’s book, he severed the tendon between the thumb and index finger.
Also Butcher didn’t tell the others to stop calling him “the claw”, he told them to stop making fun of his taciturn and nervous speaking style. Given “taciturn” describes 90% of white Zimbabweans (“crazy and hyperactive” describes the rest) it’s an odd thing to make fun of but whatever.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
If this happened to me I'd be much more likely to stop bowling right arm offies than stop batting right handed, but I guess he bowls pretty rarely anyway.
Blenkinsop
U19 Vice-Captain
IIRC Colin Milburn continued to play after losing an eye in a road accident, but was understandably not so successful.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Doesn't Danny Morrison have just the one kidney?
Here's the list from Davis's blog:
| Deaf | Charlie McLeod |
| Lance Cairns had poor hearing (deaf in one ear) | |
| Loss of one eye | Buster Nupen |
| MAK Pataudi | |
| Derek Shackleton | |
| Vision problems | Eddie Barlow |
| Lawrence Rowe | |
| Rodney Redmond | |
| Loss of one or more fingers | Azeem Hafeez |
| Waqar Younis | |
| Partiv Patel Bert Ironmonger (partial finger loss) | |
| Loss of one or more toes | Fred Titmus |
| Martin Guptill | |
| Congenitally bent elbow | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Polio | Bhagwath Chandrasekhar |
| Diabetes | Dirk Wellham |
| Wasim Akram | |
| Epilepsy | Tony Greig |
| Jonty Rhodes | |
| Umar Akmal | |
| Serious back (spine) problems | Mike Atherton |
| Michael Clarke | |
| Crohn's disease | Jack Leach |
| Recurrent Malaria | Warwick Armstrong |
| pleurisy/TB | Bob Appleyard |
| Archie Jackson | |
| Heart condition | Chris Gayle |
| Asthma | Rodney Hogg |
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Only one player with Asthma? No wonder I was never going to be a world beater (ignoring the other limiting factors such as lack of skill and aptitude)
Blenkinsop
U19 Vice-Captain
James Taylor was forced to retire because of a congenital heart problem.
Brook's side
International Regular
Yeah shock that was. Hope he's doing alright these days.
Apparently Garry Sobers had a drinking problem and used to stay out all night during a game. One such example
www.cricketcountry.com
Garfield Sobers drinks all night and hits 150 not out at Lord’s - Cricket Country
August 24, 1973. Garry Sobers started drinking early on the previous evening and the party carried on till half past nine in the morning. And then he showered and put his pads on. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the unbeaten 150 at Lord’s scored through hangover and stomach cramps.
www.cricketcountry.com