Jonny Bairstow, who had been out of action for eight months after suffering serious injuries while playing golf last August, had all kinds of thoughts running through his mind as his mobility was restricted.
“You wonder whether or not you’ll be able to walk again, jog again, run again, play cricket again. Absolutely, those things do go through your mind. It depends how long you think about them. There are many different things, until you get back to playing, well… you wonder, is it going to feel the same?” he told ESPNcricinfo.
Bairstow, who has been named in the England squad for the one-off Test against Ireland next month, is ready to live with a bit of pain.
“It’s quite funny, people have said, ‘You’re limping’. Well, I don’t know anyone that’s had a major lower leg injury that does walk exactly the same as previously.
“There are going to be little limps, there are going to be aches, pains, that’s part and parcel of it. Whether it’s knees, hips, ankles, lower back, whatever it is.
“When there’s trauma, there’s going to be an adaptation to the way that your body moves or your body walks, that’s just part and parcel of it. I’m not going to be running exactly the same as last year, but that’s okay.”
Written with inputs from PTI
