Guy Walker had the world at his feet before a devastating injury left him disabled and feeling hopeless. During a trip abroad, he received a phone call that changed his life, writes Code Sports journalist, Daniel Churney.
Walker played a single game for the Renegades, in December 2015 at the Gabba. His three overs went for 47, but copping some tap from Chris Lynn and company wasn’t the worst thing to happen to him that night. He hurt his shoulder throwing, setting off a chain of shoulder surgeries that ultimately led to that match being the last professional sporting fixture he would ever play.
“There’d be days and weeks where I’d be in bed all week, I’d be in that much pain, it’d feel like someone was stabbing me in the shoulder, in the neck. And then if I sat up, I felt like my neck couldn’t support my head,” Walker says.
