I was 20-21. He was dropped just before the 2005 Ashes series and the door never reopened.“I was top run scorer against West Indies [in 2004] and was just finding my feet but then I got dropped for the first few Tests in South Africa that winter. I am so aware of my whole body now. If I have to take pills for the rest of my life it is not the hardest thing anyone has had to do. It was a bizarre thing where everything went completely out of focus.
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Everyone called him Tugga but I thought I would give him respect and call him Steve.
Anyway, I batted with him once and remember thinking ‘this is ridiculous. Up until that point I was ready to go home and continue with my life. Every feeling I have I think ‘what was that? "All the tests were fine but a consultant on the phone told them to keep me in overnight for an MRI the following day.
"I could have scored more runs and I might have had one or two more opportunities but the reality was England did not get a lot wrong in that set up. Rob Key, the former England and Kent batsman, has revealed he was hospitalised over the weekend after suffering a mini stroke.The 41-year-old, whose international career consisted of 15 Tests, five one-day internationals and a solitary Twenty20, revealed the news on his Instagram account on Monday morning.Alongside a selfie, he wrote: “Long weekend. It was one of those times when we had a great batting line up. The first week of anxiety was worse than anything else. '‘Oi Key’: Tales of a Journeyman Cricketer' is not an autobiography but observations on playing with and against some of the greats of his era such as Andrew Flintoff, Shane Warne and Rahul Dravid.It is written in Key’s witty, lugubrious style that we see on television and gives a glimpse of a life in county cricket that has disappeared.“We all think we love the scandal, gossip and arguments on Twitter, but what people really want is to hear how great people went about their business, what they are like as people and why they were so good so I have tried to give that kind of insight.
I had not felt like that for a long time. I’m batting with Steve Waugh’. Rob Key revealed he suffered a stroke over the weekend on Instagram. You would get passages of real mediocrity in county cricket but then these times when it replicated international cricket. I did not know what was going on.
Create an account or log in to Instagram - A simple, fun & creative way to capture, edit & share photos, videos & messages with friends & family. I passed out. “The funny thing is the games will be the safest place to be. We rang 111. Please review our Find out more Then when that one spot came up Alastair Cook came in and then Joe Root. 12.8k Followers, 929 Following, 862 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Rob Key (@robkey0612)
I was at the start of a great era for English cricket and the people who came in for me were Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell. "I saw him at one of his lowest ebbs playing against us at Canterbury and he looked like he did not know what end of the bat to hold, and then how he got himself sorted out.
Rob Key is describing the shock when he was lying in a hospital bed two weeks ago and told he had suffered a mini stroke.
My stress levels were a lot lower and being in lockdown was probably the healthiest I have ever eaten,” he tells Telegraph Sport.He has a history of migraines and thought perhaps he was suffering another when he stood up at home and felt unwell. People think these guys burst on the scene but they don’t, it is three or four years of struggle to get where they want to be. Welcome to the Bob Willis Trophy: born out of crisis, but a possible format for the future Once every three months I have blurred vision and sometimes tingly fingers in my left side. Former England cricketer speaks for first time since health scare View the profiles of people named Rob Key. Am I breathing differently?’ That has been the hardest thing. You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. At 41, Key believed he was in the best shape of his life. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I saw the journey he went on from having a huge amount of self doubt when he thought he could not play. He was the one who told me the following day I’d had a mini stroke. Join Facebook to connect with Rob Key and others you may know. You are forever tired. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke which I used to do as a player. Incredible. “I had been much healthier. But it was a mental shift as soon as that realisation came.”Key is now taking blood thinners and will have to wear a heart monitor for seven days before going back to see his consultant to learn what caused his illness. Only a privileged few get to see things like that.”Key regrets he did not play more for England. The more I can try and relax and be who I am the better. I would watch a club game with no crowds.”We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future.
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