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'I'm a big fan of McGrath's consistency'
Champion tree-climber, swimmer and one-time fast driver Mashrafe Mortaza talks about the things that make him tick
Interview by Mohammad Isam



We hear you're an expert tree climber?
I have been climbing trees since my childhood. Whoever has climbed trees will tell you it is very hard to go up coconut and palm trees. One night I fell off a coconut tree and it hurt, but I didn't break anything. My friends told me that since I wasn't hurt, I should go up again. And so I did.

Did tree climbing ever come handy in your fast bowling?
I think more than the climbing it was my swimming in the Chitra river that helped me. From a very young age I swam in the middle of the river, mainly against the tide. I remember I could do it for two hours at a time, so that has helped make my body very flexible, and helped me recover so many times from injury.

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Nice little interview