One thing that I constantly get asked aಞs a professional cricketer is, do you have to be fit to be a cricketer?
ANDREW GALE & CHRIS TAYLOR CRICKET COLUMN
Andrew Gale has responded to the questions posed to him by various Cri🐬cket Web members and visitors bringing to the surface some interesting bits of information.
October tends to♔ be the month when cricketers g🌳et some time off from cricket and can relax. It is also the time many go away on holiday and forget about the exhausting season. I managed to get away with my Wife to Cyprus for a week. Unfortunately for myself and Andy the relaxation time is short lived as we have our own coaching business which kicked off for the winter on the 16th October. I guess you could say myself and Andy have cricket in our blood!
Sorry🌌 for th♛e delay everyone since the last article but the schedule is tough. I am writing before the Surrey game to be played at Headingley Carnegie this week.
I am eventually back playing cricket again after three months on the sidelines with a bad hamstring and calf injury. With no 2nd XI cricket or 🍒practice I was selected for the Yorkshire Twenty/20 side to play against Leicestershire at Grace Road.
Things have gone from bad to worse since my last article! Having recovered from the tear of my hamstring, I was selected to play for Yorkshire 2nd XI vs Notts and was told a decent knock and I would be back in🅷 the 1st team.
We are now three wee♌ks iꦛnto the season and things have gone well from a team point of view and a personal point of view.
The competitive season starts this Sunday with a Sky Sports fixture vs Durham at the Riverside ground. Unfortunatelyꦐ I will not be available for selection due to a▨ grade 2 tear of my right hamstring.
On the 11th of February I flew to India, Mohali to attend the Global C🍌ricket Academy. I was there with all the Yorkshire batsmen and a couple of the spinners to get some prꦡe-season batting under my belt.