[jjamez]

Yeah I read about stone thinking of retiring and tbf he's had some serious back injuries, as has tymal mills, Simon Jones and Freddie are others that had loads of injuries but to their knees, which is common place in pace bowlers.

There may be a lot of players of yesteryear who suffered injuries but because there wasn't as much coverage they aren't remembered as well as the likes of trueman et al. Pace bowlers back then may have been helped by the fact that the wickets were uncovers and probably softer, some of these now are roads, so perhaps there is more force going through joints, I'm not sure, it's a possibility. Or it could be that some are just more unlucky with injuries than others.