Peter Siddle justifies his vegetarian diet – Cricket News Update
Facing criticism for not recovering in time for the Perth Test against the Proteas after bowling 64 overs at Adelaide, Australian pacer Peter Siddle negated speculations that his vegetarian diet was to blame for his fitness issues.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BW-Hilfenhaus-c1204 for the match. Having expended themselves at Adelaide, the pacers
were deemed unfit to play at Perth, and a revamped pace attack was fielded.
Former pacer Dennis Lille was the first to criticize Siddle for not taking the field at Perth, and further attributed his fatigue to the lack of meat protein in his diet. Siddle being a vegetarian, refuted such suggestions and stated that he was in fact
better after switching diets.
“I struggled to bowl over 50 overs [before becoming vegetarian] so, to bowl 64, I think that's an improvement. I'm probably in a better place than I ever was. For people to say that's the problem and that's the reason why [I withdrew], they're the ones
kidding themselves. To still be bowling 140 kmph in my 64th over at the end of the fifth day in a Test match, that probably shows the improvements,” said Siddle.
According to his critics, fast bowlers need protein from meat in order to repair worn out muscles and lack of protein from their diets can considerably hamper the repair process.
Nonetheless, Siddle made the switch to a vegetarian diet after consulting Cricket Australia’s dieticians and support staff. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Howard-c63371, the Australian team’s performance manager, had earlier cited influential examples of Martina Navratilova, a Tennis star,
alongside the tri-athlete Dave Scott and others, being vegetarians and thriving in some of the most esteemed sports.
Talking after a practice session at the Bellerive Oval ahead of Friday’s Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, Siddle shared that he was fully satisfied with his recovery from hamstring stiffness and general fatigue from Adelaide.
He also revealed that his withdrawal from this year’s Big Bash League was actually part of his own planning for the home summer, followed by tours to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 next year, with his main focus being the 5-day format.
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