For those who haven't heard of Shoaib Akhtar, he's a Pakistan player who is reputedly the fastest bowler in the world of cricket, but also a reasonably colourful character - having previously been suspended for hitting a teammate with a bat, been sent home from England for turning up to play cricket there without a work visa, been caught smoking pot in a nightclub, tested positive to steroids, and so on and so forth - in amongst destroying opposing batting line-ups and setting world records for bowling faster than anyone else.
However, he's really managed to outdo himself this year. Earlier in the year, he missed a major tournament because, in the words of the Pakistan Cricket Board press release, "the medical board has reported that Shoaib Akhtar was suffering from genital viral warts and the wound needs further care and treatment for another 10 days" (urgh). And now, he's going to miss the Australian summer tour because he "had grown so out of shape in recent months that he decided to have fat sucked from his midriff in a bid to return to the game slimmer and faster. Due to the operation, he will be sidelined for up to five months..."
Yep, that's right, he's going to miss almost half a year of cricket because rather than bothering to exercise to try to remove the extra weight - as most sportspeople would do - he's decided that he can just get it all cut off and be as good as new. It might work for movie stars and celebrities, but I'm afraid that in the world of sports, there's no real alternative to just putting in the hard yards... well, except steroids, but he's already given that a shot and it didn't seem to work for him. Oh well.
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