adminwere all from Bangladeshi who were concerned after Nasir Hossain had hit the last delivery of the innings straight back at Meth, who, in his follow through, copped it in the mouth.
“That ball could have gone anywhere on the field, but it picked my mouth,” Meth told ESPNCricinfo during the second day of the lone Test between Zimbabwe and Pakistan in Bulawayo.
“I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy, but it’s part of the game and I just have to think of a way to get over it.” The 18 stitches Meth had on the inside of his mouth were removed last Friday, but it will still be weeks before he can have the necessary surgery to replace the teeth.
“We have to wait for my lip to heal and then the implants can be put it,” he said. “But I started training today – running and that sort of thing.”
It may seem too soon for Meth to be back on the park, but he wants to move past the incident as soon as possible. He shows no hesitation when talking about it.
He can recount most of it fluently and does not blame himself, or anyone else, for the accident. “I just didn’t pick up where the ball went and then, at first, didn’t know where it had hit me.
“But then, I looked down and saw blood, and I could hear someone saying, ‘Here’s one of his teeth’. The fourth umpire on the radio said I was bleeding on the pitch and had to get off.” Meth was taken to hospital, where he got stitches, and returned to the ground later that day although he did not bat. – Cricinfo.com.
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