EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: For a man with an injury history as long as his 6ft 7in frame, Reece Topley cuts a relaxed figure as he soaks up the Cardiff sun and looks ahead to a World Cup that he knows could define him. Last year in India, he broke a finger four games into England's ill-fated 50-over title defence. Six months earlier, he had dislocated a shoulder at the IPL. In late 2022, he missed England's T20 World Cup triumph in Australia after treading on the boundary foam in practice and injuring his ankle. He has had too many stress fractures of the back to mention, and in 2016 a bouncer from Boyd Rankin broke his hand on debut for Hampshire. Back in 2009, when Topley was 15, he needed stitches after being hit on the head in the nets by a straight-drive from Kevin Pietersen....read
England bowler REECE TOPLEY opens up on his horror injury ordeal - and how he nearly walked away from cricket - but is now looking ahead to a World Cup that could define him
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