Published: Sep 30, 2015, 01:32 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 30, 2015, 01:32 PM (IST)
South Australia batsman and Leicestershire captain Mark Cosgrove is working hard to get slim. He is sweating at the gym, running and following a diet regime to shed extra kilos. The Australian cricketer is considered too fat for his age and height and sometimes his performance on the field especially fielding gets affected due to this. It needs to be mentioned here that Cosgrove has also played three ODIs for Australia and also scored a fifty in one of these three outings. Oliver, Cosgrove’s first son was born in the 31-year-old’s first season as Leicestershire captain. Australian system good enough to produce talented players: Ian Chappell
In a conversation with Daily Telegraph he said, “It is the lightest I have been since playing for Australia in 2006. It was just trying to lead by example at Leicester in the gym and out in the middle. I’ve been doing a lot of bike riding and watching the diet. I feel the best I have in 10 or 11 years. With Oliver [his son] you get up two hours earlier and fit more in your day.” Talking about his recent good performance the left-hand batsman said, “It was a club that had struggled but [it was] good to see what you have to do to get up and about. We played some really consistent cricket in the last six weeks while I am hitting the ball really well. It was challenging, you go through some emotions. To see the boys react as they did after winning a game, was all worth it.” Shane Watson reveals his ‘miracle diet’ that made him ‘less grumpy’
