On the verge of quitting
In 2002 former West Indies allrounder Rawl Lewis was seriously thinking about packing in cricket
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
In 2002 former West Indies allrounder Rawl Lewis was seriously thinking about packing in cricket. At the time he was playing in New York and the chances of any international future appeared non existent. In an excellent interview on caribbean cricket.com, Michelle McDonald charts Lewis's stop-start career and how this month, more than seven year after his last international appearance, he will be travelling to New Zealand as one of the West Indies squad.
He had stopped bowling; he was skylarking in the leagues in New York and was just waiting on failure with the bat to say "right, that's it." But his natural gift as a cricketer didn't allow that to happen, even as he paid little or no attention to his game.
Martin Williamson is executive editor of ESPNcricinfo and managing editor of ESPN Digital Media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa