5 quality fast bowlers with careers full of injuries

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Fast bowlers get injured frequently

#4 Ryan Harris

Australia v India - 4th Test: Day 3
Ryan Harris's career was plagued by injuries

Nicknamed 'Rhino' the Australian pacer Ryan Harris use to bowl beautiful outswingers at a good pace. Watching him bowl fast and wreck the opposition batting was a very pleasing sight for the Australian fans. His career stats are -

Ryan Harris's career stats
Ryan Harris's career stats

Harris's career was plagued by injuries. He had a shoulder injury in 2013 but recovered well and picked up a whopping 22 wickets in the 2013-14 Ashes tournament.

In 2014, Harris started facing issues with his right knee and during a match against South Africa the cartilage on his right knee came off.

Determined Harris ignored the pain and continued bowling picking up two wickets. He had to undergo a knee clean-out surgery post that tour.

Unfortunately, in the Test match against India (2015) he cracked the Tibia on his right knee and had to quit cricket thereafter.

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