Health issue forces John Hastings to give up playing cricket

Fast bowler John Hastings announced his retirement from first-class and One Day cricket back in October 2017. Thereafter, he played for Melbourne Stars in the 2017-18 Big Bash League in Australia and didn’t let down his team by any means. The New South Wales-born cricketer also plied his trade for Quetta Gladiators in three matches of last edition’s Pakistan Super League.

Recently, it has been learned that the 33-year-old has hung his boots from all forms of cricket owing to severe health conditions. The issue which has caused persistent bleeding on his on his lungs. Hastings said that he has been in good health, but he would risk serious injury or even death if he continued to bowl as per reports in www.cricket.com.au.

And I wasn’t happy with that

“I’ve gone through an extensive testing process. I suppose the important thing to note is that I’m actually in good health. I’ve gone through stress tests and bronchoscopes, and angiogram bronchoscopes and all this sort of stuff. It’s been quite invasive, and lengthy I guess. “It’s (only) when I bowl. The pressure at the crease, little blood vessels in my lungs burst,” Hastings mentioned.

“That determines that I cough up blood on a regular basis when I’m trying to bowl. It’s a really scary thing. I’m training now, doing F45, lifting weights or boxing it doesn’t happen. It’s really only the pressure of the actual landing of bowling.

There was just a lot of grey area surrounding long-term health, whether it was causing any damage, and if there was any potential to have a fatal bleed on the field. They just really couldn’t say yes or no. And I wasn’t happy with that,” he added.

Hastings made his international debut during Australia’s ODI against India in 2010 in Visakhapatnam. A few days later, he forayed into T20Is as well.  The bowling all-rounder played one Test against South Africa in  Perth. In a career, which spanned seven years, he played one Test, 29 ODIs and nine T20Is in which he picked up one, 42 and seven wickets respectively.

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