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Bird back for Sixers after injury scare – cricket.com.au
Jackson Bird has overcome a calf injury to be fit for his maiden KFC BBL appearance this season after briefly fearing for his career last month
For a horrible moment former Test seamer Jackson Bird feared the worst for his cricket career.
Playing for Australia A against touring India last month at age 34 and while managing a sore Achilles tendon, Bird felt pain shoot up his leg.
Bird initially feared he had suffered an Achilles injury // Getty
“It just pinged a bit … I thought I snapped my Achilles there for a split second,” Bird said.
“It’s hard to come back from that at my age I would have thought.
“But luckily that didn’t happen. I’m…
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