Former football player played cricket player was bizarre injury by pressing the lift button

Cricket star Ben McKinney was forced to miss a week of action – after he had injured himself on a lift.

Am McKinney, 20, sat one County Championship Match against Hampshire with back cramps earlier this month.

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The 6FT7 Opening Batsman is a former football player in SunderlandAcademy.

But even though he was a natural sportsman, his body abandoned him in the most bizarre way.

Told McKinney De Telegraaf: “I had a heavy bag on my shoulder and bent over to press the button.

“My back went on spasms and it was.”

Durham star McKinney is the newest young person who is apparently intended for the setup of England.

He supplied the England Under the 19 side and enjoyed two tours with the Lions to South Africa and Australia.

McKinney wrote an extension of two years in the northeast in January.

And he credits the legend of England Andrew Flintoff help him improve his game in recent months.

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McKinney added: “Freddie spoke to me about self -confidence and presence.

“I used to be a pretty small presence in the fold in terms of posture and body language.

“The big thing I got from him was actually, yes, I am now at the fold, and nobody will take me out and I will try to bully the bowler.

“It is not disrespectful for anyone. It’s just that self -confidence. It helps. I am exactly the opposite person of the field.”

McKinney was as a teenager in the books in Sunderland, before he had to make a choice between football and cricket.

He added: “I was, to be honest for myself, a decent football player, but it is clearly very difficult to break through.

“I am not saying that it is not difficult to crack cricket, but the opportunities and the number of people who play football make it difficult.

‘And, you know, there are people who loved it [football] More than me too. Cricket was always the number one for me. “

McKinney is a fan of Sunderland Boyhood Sunderland, but could not make this month Championship Playoff final against Sheffield United.

The black cats returned to the Premier League After a last-minute comeback victory on the knives at Wembley.

He continued: “I was already gone, so could watch the play-off final [on the TV in the dressing room].

“I was happy to be one of the few occasions.”