Paine did not look out of place at all in his four Tests, performing admirably in India where he flirted with a Test century in Mohali and made more runs in Bangalore, all the while keeping wicket with the neatness of a specialist gloveman. However his return home was blighted in the short-lived ACA Allstars fixture against an Australia XI in Brisbane, when a pacy delivery from Dirk Nannes jammed his finger against the bat handle. He missed most of that summer before resuming prematurely, but two subsequent re-injuries of a digit now bolstered by pins and screws caused enormous pain and considerable doubt about when he might resume. Eventually, it was decided to graft bone from Paines hip into the finger, which now requires considerable technical adjustments to account for its lack of mobility. Basically my hip is my right index finger now, it is probably the strongest part of my body. It is just the movement and jarring and things like that which give me a few issues, he said. They cut a large chunk out [between the knuckles], went into my hip and pulled a bit of my hip out. [Batting] was a big issue coming back, my grip is obviously completely different. Cant really close my bat finger up to the bat and obviously thats how youre taught to hold the bat as a kid. So I found when I came back that Id middle a ball and it was going nowhere near where I thought it was so that took a little bit of time to adjust but I think Im really close now to breaking through. espncricinfo/the-ashes-2013-14/content/story/686413.html
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 08:50:37 +0000
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