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‘I CAN’T GRIP A BALL ANY MORE’

by
The Cricket Paper Team
20 September 2020

Shaun Udal tells Richard Clarke how he is doing all he can to slow the onset of Parkinson’s after being diagnosed at the age of 50

Late developer: Shaun Udal had to wait until 2005 to play a Test but took 4-14 in India after playing with good mate Shane Warne at Hampshire, below

LAST Tuesday, Shaun Udal popped out for an after-work pint with Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove. The next day he would endure a “horrible hourand- a-quarter” of muscle reactivation therapy with an otherwise delightful physio called Sue Mills. One was pure pleasure, one pure pain but bitter exp...