Mascarenhas reveals his injury pain – Cricket News Update
Victorious http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mascarenhas-c912, revealed that he played through considerable pain during the team’s Friends Life T20 finals’ day after twice tearing tendons in his shoulder in previous weeks.
The all-rounder did not bat but put in resolute efforts with his gentle medium-pace bowling to help his side beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s premier T20 competition.
The 34-year-old ended with impressive figures of 4-0-11-2 against the Sabres, where he took the all-important wickets of overseas South African, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marcus-Trescothick-c1898, which ultimately led his side restrict their opponents to a paltry 125.
His performance in the final was also noteworthy after his team had posted 150 on the board. In another miserly spell, he picked up the wicket of his counterpart, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Lawson-Miller-c53037, who remained unbeaten on 72.
Mascarenhas suffered a shoulder injury earlier in the month during the LV Championship match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 in the final.
"I've torn my lat tendon. I tore it two weeks ago and then I tore it again last week when I tried to play CB40," Mascarenhas said. "I had a scan and it's torn so I had to grin and bear it. It was a huge stress to be honest. It's not one of those where you can have an injection.”
The player was deemed unfit to bat, but took the field to bowl, consequently leading his side to their second T20 triumph in three seasons. Mascarenhas himself admitted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472hat he ‘can’t get much slower’ but simply relished the opportunity of performing on the finals day.
"We were trying to sort out team selection if I didn't play and for the team balance. It's not easy when your captain is looking like he's not going to be fit. I was lucky enough to get through. I actually felt a bit better in the final - maybe it was the adrenaline,” he added.
Tags: