John Hastings quits cricket for health condition

As per the Cricket Australia website: "A serious health issue causing persistent bleeding on his lungs has forced former Australia allrounder John Hastings to draw the curtain on his decorated cricket career."

The bowler has represented the country in all three formats of the game.

While the 33-year-old said he was “good health”, he risked serious injury or even death if he continued to bowl, prompting his decision to pull the pin, as per the CA website report.

“I suppose the important thing to note is that I’m actually in good health. I’ve gone through stress tests and bronchoscopes, and angiogram bronchoscopes and all this sort of stuff. It’s been quite invasive, and lengthy I guess," he was quoted as saying by CA website.

“It’s (only) when I bowl. The pressure at the crease, little blood vessels in my lungs burst," he said.

“That determines that I cough up blood on a regular basis when I’m trying to bowl. It’s a really scary thing," the pacer said.

“I’m training now, doing F45, lifting weights or boxing it doesn’t happen. It’s really only the pressure of the actual landing of bowling," the Australian said.

“There was just a lot of grey area surrounding long-term health, whether it was causing any damage, and if there was any potential to have a fatal bleed on the field. They just really couldn’t say yes or no. And I wasn’t happy with that," he said.