Sporting News noted that “Siddle proved that class will always reign supreme and there’s no reason why he couldn’t continue playing T20 cricket towards the age of 40 if his current form is anything to go off.”

“The difference in my recovery time and energy levels has been the biggest thing I’ve noticed” he said in a previous interview. “In between matches, my recovery time has been fantastic and it has improved out of sight. This is really important when there is a short turnaround between matches. We have had some big games in the past couple of years and I’ve been really pleased with how my body, since making the change to a plant-based diet, has been able to handle the workload and bounce back from big training sessions and games without sustaining an injury.”

“Animal cruelty played a huge part in my decision to go plant-based” he has explained. “After learning a lot more about the processes of factory farming, battery hens, abattoirs etc, I realised that the meat industry was something I wanted nothing to do with. The mental conflict I felt when consuming meat and the thought that an animal had lost its life just for my appetite deeply upset me. Before I learnt what went on behind the doors of the meat industry, I was unable to make the connection with the beautiful animal that once was and what now sat in front of me on my plate.”