INSPIRING JOURNEY OF TIM PAINE

- Debut in 2010 with Smith, scored 104 in 2 tests.
- Included in BGT. Third highest run-scorer for Australia with 183 runs in the series.
- Broke his right index finger batting in the Australian Cricketers Association All-Stars T20 match.

- Done Surgery. Broke his finger again. Surgery again.
- Made a comeback in Australia's domestic circuit but never managed to deliver as a batsman.
- In 2017, he made up his mind to retire from FC cricket.
But, life always has something more in the bag than what you expect.
- Tasmania knocked on his door with a lifeline. They extended Paine's contract but he was not their first choice WK.
- Did not play the first two matches of the 2017-18 Sheffield Shield.
- But, When he was finally selected, he made the most of the opportunity.
- Picked to play in the warm-up matches before the 2017-18 Ashes. Scored 52 vs England.
*Biggest Turnaround*
- Paine was selected as a WK for the 2017/18 Ashes at home. 
- Answering his critics and the people who doubted his selection, he delivered both with bat & gloves.
- Paine averaged 48 and made 26 dismissals behind the wickets (25 catches and 1 stumping) in 2017-18 Ashes.
- Ball Tampering incident. Australia was going through a rough phase. Paine was asked to lead Australia vs SA in the last test. Australia lost the series by 2-1.
- In the last test of the series, SA Scored 488 runs, while Aus were 90/4. Golden chance for Tim Paine to step up.
- And then Paine and Cummins put up 99 runs for the 7th wicket, Australia’s biggest partnership of the series. A special innings from Paine.
- Batted for over three hours with a hairline fracture in his right thumb.
- And now the start of new beginning in Australian cricket. A new skipper. The same man who had been nowhere near getting in the team a few months back.
- Australia lose the 2018 BGT to India. (2-1)
- And then come the Ashes 2019.
- Scored valuable 58 in Manchester.
- Australia retained the Ashes. And Tim Paine becomes the first Australian captain in 18 years to win series in England.
- Then he captained his second home summer with a two test series against Pakistan and a three test series against New Zealand, where Australia won all five tests.
- And now a gritty 73 at Adelaide where was the ball was doing the talking and help his side to reduce that lead.
- Australia won the test match and Tim Paine won the MOM.
- From almost retiring to an Ashes winner in 2017-18 to Australian Test captain, and then leading the team to retained the Ashes in Eng 2019 after 18 years. Paine has every reason to be proud of himself. What a journey!❤️
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For instance, Wilt Chamberlain benched 465 lbs at 59 years old. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he benched 500 lbs on the set of Conan the Destroyer

Most basketball experts say Wilt has the highest vertical leap in NBA history. A few others argue that Michael Jordan did.

I think they’re both wrong.

Why?

Well let me tell you a story:

In 1956 Bill Russell was selected for the US Olympic basketball team

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Luckily, Russell prevailed and led the team to the gold medal as the captain.

But if they would have stopped Russell from playing for the US basketball team, he would have STILL been in the Olympics.

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Because Bill Russell was one of the greatest high jumpers I. The world.

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