Bad luck ... Copeland is facing an extended stint on the sidelines after his unfortunate fall. Source: News Limited
With one slip of the foot, NSW swing bowler Trent Copeland ensured himself a place among an unfortunate group of elite athletes to have suffered injuries in the most bizarre circumstances.
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Perhaps unlucky to be named 12th man for the Blues' Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria, the former Test bowler's luck hit rock bottom when he suffered a high-grade lateral ligament strain in his left ankle in the most unlikely of scenarios - carrying the drinks out to his teammates.
Realising he'd forgotten to get a helmet for batsman Brad Haddin with the new ball approaching, Copeland attempted to turn on the stairs near the dressing room - and ended up in a crumpled heap.
"I'm a little bit embarrassed about it," Copeland said on Wednesday.
"... I've copped plenty of stick from the support staff and also from my family and my wife (netballer Kim Green).
"She likes to think that I'm clumsy at the best of times.
"It's one of those things where I've run up and down those stairs so many times. Nothing was different. I was just probably caught up in the moment when it happened. You can't change it. Life goes on."
In doing so, he joined the likes of Geelong's dual-premiership winner Brad Ottens, Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand and Canberra youngster Jack Wighton in the not-so-exclusive club.
Wighton missed half of last year's NRL season with a toe injury suffered while jumping on the backyard trampoline and Ferdinand hurt his knee reaching for a phone while sitting on the couch.
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Ottens was putting up a hammock in his backyard when he fell from a ladder and impaled himself on a garden stake.
Countless sports stars have hurt knees, backs and - in former North Melbourne defender Josh Gibson's case - his head, while slipping over in the shower.
But perhaps the most ridiculous bathroom injury came when Spanish goalkeeper Santiago Canizares dropped a bottle of aftershave on his foot - severing a tendon and causing him to miss the 2002 World Cup.
Copeland's concerns are more immediate, however, with a six-week stint on the sidelines awaiting him, ruling him out of NSW's Shield match against Queensland starting on November 27.
Complicating matters is the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash League season which starts on December 7, with Shield matches suspended until late January.
Copeland, far more proficient with the red ball than the white, does not have a Big Bash team and might not play competitive cricket again until the Blues' clash with West Australia on January 24.
It's a far cry from the bowler who dominated the 2010-11 Shield season, taking 45 wickets to force his way into the Australia Test set-up before being dropped after taking just six wickets in three Tests.
But the 26-year-old definitely still sees Test cricket in his future.
"For me, nothing's changed and I've no doubt that - given the right scenario - I can still play Test cricket," he said.
"Whether that's this summer or whether that's in two years time, I don't know.
"I've definitely still got aspirations and I know Pup (Australia captain Michael Clarke) still knows I want to play and so would everyone else in Australian cricket."
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