Does Cricket Have A Playing Downside?

Playing is a standard time period utilized in English cricket in the intervening time, however maybe not within the fashionable sense of the time period. Ben Stokes’ new methodology of captaincy is actually see him take loads of gambles in an effort to get a outcome – win or lose – and it’s proving to create a breathtakingly thrilling model of the sport.

Nonetheless, within the extra fashionable sense of the time period playing, cricket has had a extra ugly time of it down the years, from match fixing to gamers struggling with excessive playing money owed, Azeem Rafiq notably popping out about his drawback with playing and the habit counselling he acquired.

However Rafiq isn’t alone, and lots of former gamers have struggled with playing each throughout and after their careers. However why is that?

In fact, cricket gamers do have an terrible lot of downtime, usually in isolation, and with the rise of playing on smartphones it’s simpler than ever earlier than to position a guess, from the consolation of a lodge room whereas sport is on the TV, and even within the dressing room, from the highest stage proper all the way down to the dressing room.

Psychological well being has additionally been mentioned brazenly in current occasions round cricket, with these lengthy intervals of occasions away from household, seeing gamers flip to the likes of alcohol and playing, whereas additionally struggling with despair and anxiousness.

There stems one of many largest issues that’s driving gamers to such an habit.

The likes of Ben Stokes, Jonathan Trott and lots of different high cricketers have spoken about their battles with psychological well being, and whereas that hasn’t gone into habit, nor has there been any suggestion of it, it’s simple to see how so many can fall into that lure.

Patrick Foster, the previous Durham UCCE participant has been most open about his battle with habit throughout his cricketing profession, claiming he misplaced £4million and held his habit a secret for over 12 years, in addition to falling into alcoholism.

He mentioned, in an interview with The I newspaper, “I suffered from anxiousness, despair and stress so extreme it gave me a abdomen ulcer. I used to be so, so bored with mendacity, but I barely slept by way of the night time for seven years; I’d be awake indulging my habit, or coping with its devastating penalties.”

On the peak of his habit, and through his profession, he would common round 77 bets per day. That’s whereas he’s additionally doing his job, even betting on the likes of Hungarian handball and American horse racing. It will definitely received to breaking level, and he did hunt down rehab to get his life again on observe and