But he made a remarkable recovery; was playing soccer by the end of the year.
"I'll be shocked if I'm not playing by the end of the year," he said.
He had played 22 Tests by the end of 1998, with 1,209 runs at an average of 36.63.
Austin played a total of 13 games by the end of the season.
He wasn't playing by the end of the year.
Fassel said Hamilton could be ready to play by the end of the month.
I challenge you not to want to play them all by the end of the first movements!
He played 11 league games by the end of the 2008/2009 season.
He played in 15 games, starting 7 of them, by the end of the 2010 season.
"The most important thing is to be really playing by the end of spring so I'm ready for the season," he said.
