"To be honest I didn't even think about it. It's just so natural to usually put it on, (I) just slipped up. And two balls later I was on the floor."
A batsman forgetting his box is like a scuba diver forgetting to put air in their tank - the results promise to be disastrous.
Unfortunately for Meaker, he found that out the hard way.
After being rushed off to the emergency room later in the day, the Brit then endured a six-hour wait to have surgery on a "lacerated" area of the groin.
"Weirdly enough... it hurt straight away but it wasn't desperately sore, (not) any worse than when you get hit there if you do wear a box," he said.
"But later on when I found myself in A and E (Accident and Emergency) I think I might have suffered a slight aneurysm and it doubled in pain.
"Because the docs found there was a slight laceration they had to operate literally that evening."
After five days in bed, Meaker is back up and moving, but it is uncertain as to how long the former England ODI bowler will be forced to sit on the sidelines.
- news.com.au