Kiwi fan gives Lou a big jolt
New Zealand opening batsman Lou Vincent is battling to be fit for the second and final Test against the West Indies tomorrow after suffering a knee injury when he was 'playfully' rugby-tackled by a Kiwi fan.
Vincent was relaxing with several team-mates at a beach bar in Barbados on Monday, hours after New Zealand's historic first ever Test win in the Caribbean, when the incident occurred.
The fan spotted Vincent and leapt across the sand to flatten him with a tackle worthy of an All Black forward.
"The next day I could not feel my knee. I have strained my ligament and I am only 50-50 for tomorrow's game," said Vincent, shortly after arriving in Grenada for the final Test.
According to Vincent, the fan called him at his hotel in Barbados the next day to apologise for his overenthusiastic celebrations.
"I told him, my body is my whole career. You just can't do things like that," Vincent said.
