Thursday, February 13, 2025

Hockey India League diary: adopting dogs, PC woes and Aussie U-turns

The Hockey Paper has been on the ground in Rourkela bringing musings from the revamped Hockey India League

A family affair for Sorsby

“It’s an unbelievable experience for players.” So said Tom Sorsby, but it could be a sentiment from any one of the foreign exports playing HIL. Indeed, the plethora of players THP has spoken to hasn’t had a bad word to say. “If this window can be protected for players, I would recommend it to anyone. 

Sorsby’s cousin, Mark Pearson, the former Canada international, played for Delhi Waveriders in the 2016 edition and when the GB man was given the call up he phoned Mark. “He said to take it with both hands. I have loved every minute,” he said.

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