Im not suggesting they scrap him forever, I just think he needs some valuable time in the crease in first class cricket.Ming said:I still believe he has alot to offer. You don't mantain an ODI average of 40 for 2 years and score a 150 against Australia and another 100 against SL if you're a hopeless bugger. He's just going through a bad patch, and hopefully like Hayden, he can get himself out of it with a few big centuries....
You ever inside-edge a ball onto your leg? If you have you'd know it hurts. A lot. Now imagine you did it from a guy bowling 150km/h+. That's almost a corked thigh, an injury which puts players in rugby out for some time. Definitely not a soft injury at all. I saw the injury and he smacked the ball straight onto his leg. It would have hurt a lot.
A ball at a significant velocity doesn't just bruise the top fatty layer of of your leg and tickle a bit. Something like that, like a corked thigh, would cause a deep-muscle bruise, especially since an elite athlete like Lou wouldn't have a lot of fat to protect it. Basically, the muscle will cease to function. So the answer would be a resounding yes. If anything, he should have retired hurt because he probably tore the muscle more by playing on it.
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He's not bowled well this year (aside from against SA in Adelaide) but the reason for his selection can be summed-up in one word; potential. He's a far, far better bowler than what has been on display this season. Hopefully he can avoid injury enough to show it. He's a damn quick bower when he gets going too.
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