Chris Lynn's titanium box looks like a sturdy piece of work. Source: Supplied
CHRIS Lynn has become the Brisbane Heat's Man of Steel.
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Well, Man of Titanium to be precise.
The Heat batsman was in excruciating pain for most of last season after being forced to undergo complex testicle surgery when he was struck a sickening blow by a Doug Bollinger delivery.
Lynn, who was at one stage concerned about his long-term prospects of becoming a father, has been taking no chances with his precious "crown jewels" ahead of his return to big-time cricket.
Rather than wearing a traditional plastic cricket box, Lynn has purchased a titanium box off the internet and is wearing it into battle in the Heat's Champions League T20 campaign in India.
It might not create quite the same stir as when Dennis Lillee walked onto the WACA brandishing an aluminium bat in an Ashes Test in 1979, but Lynn is hoping it will save him from watery eyes and more pain in the future.
Click here to read Ben Dorries' full preview of Brisbane Heat's Champions League T20 campaign.
It has already survived its first big test when Lynn was recently whacked a blow in the groin while batting in the nets, yet he hardly felt a thing and the titanium box emerged unscathed.
"I have changed my box and I got a titanium one off the net - they are about $30 and it is probably the best $30 I have ever spent," Lynn told The Courier-Mail.
"I recommend everyone should have one ... the titanium is as light as ever and as comfortable as ever.
"I got hit wearing it in the nets recently and the guy was bowling a decent pace and it didn't faze me too much.
"Last season I was totally wrecked, I was in a world of hurt and it was a struggle to get through each day to be honest."
Lynn, 23, is regarded as one of Australia's brightest young batting prospects but has never quite been able to bridge the gap between potential and performance.
But that was hardly his fault last season as his injury kept him from the playing field, and he also didn't have a competitive hit-out in the off-season as he recovered from surgery.
"I just went for a surf, went to the pub on a Friday afternoon, had a bet on Saturday and put the feet up on a Sunday, just the sort of thing that young fellas do," Lynn said.
With the Heat kicking off their Champions League campaign against Trinidad and Tobago in Ranchi on Sunday night, the big-hitting Lynn knows he will have to have a bumper tournament for the depleted Heat team to be successful.
"If I feel like I can hit it for six then I'll have a go - if I get out, I get out," Lynn said.
"If I can score a few runs in India I can put my name forward. And personally and financially it will be rewarding."
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