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Just a day ahead of the pink-ball Test between Australia and India, Australian commentator Mark Howard was left injured, bleeding after he was hit by a bail on the head during a promo shoot in Sydney. Former Australian legend Brett lee, who was with Mark Howard at that time, was doing a bowling challenge when one of his delivery hit the bails, one of which flew and hit Howard on his forehead.
Howard, who was keeping the wickets as Lee was taking his fiery spells for the shoot, saw the former Aussie great fire a vicious delivery that went on to hit the top of off stump. However, Howard collected the ball, he was left bleeding and was rushed to the hospital to get the stitches done.
Brett Lee’s delivery leaves Mark Howard bleeding; get stitches on head
Speaking after the incident which left Howard injured, Lee said, “We were filming today, doing a bowling challenge. I bowled a ball, it went through the top off, Howie was keeping, he’s caught the ball and I’ve heard two noises.”
“I’ve seen him hunched over and I though, ‘geez, what’s happened,’ and I’ve realised the bail has flown through and impaled him right in the middle of the head and there was claret everywhere. He was bleeding pretty badly. But in all my years playing cricket at a professional level, I’ve never seen a bail travel that quick or that fast. It was a one in a million chance of it happening and I think the bail hit him first before he caught the ball, which means it must have literally hit the top of off stump,” Lee further explained while speaking to News Corp.
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Despite a small injury, Lee had confirmed that Mark Howard will join in the commentary for the pink-ball Test, which is underway at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide. “He’ll be raring to go come Friday. Nothing changes for us. He’s still hosting, still calling, still doing all the Howie stuff he does and the great job that he does. He might be a bit patched up like Rick McCosker, but he took it like a trooper and is tougher than some of the batsmen I bowled to, 100 per cent,” Lee concluded.
