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The battles in the middle are, of course, the most important in cricket. But for the players involved, it's not the only one they face when they walk out of the pavilion. It's just the one that we, as viewers, get to see. Dealing with rowdy, teasing and nasty crowds has never been the favorite job of cricketers but it's also the one that they can't avoid. Most of the times, there are hardly any sanctions on crowds who can get away with almost anything. But retaliation from the players' side almost always gets noticed and most of the times gets reprimanded. Be it Sylvester Clarke throwing a brick at the stands or Inzi chasing a certain Shiv Thind with his bat for being called 'aaloo' or Kohli's middle finger response to Australian crowds, these are images that have lasted long in the memory of everyone who follows the game. Crowd abuse and taunts, on the other hand, are just part and parcel of their careers for most of the cricketers.
And it's by no means a new phenomena. Colin Blythe, a left arm spinner for England, became so stressed by the prospect of Test cricket and facing the ever increasing crowds that he was medically advised to not play at Lord's in 1909. Arthur Shrewsbury, the first batsman to reach the milestone of 1000 runs, made himself unavailable for an Ashes Test at Leeds fearing the strain of dealing with unruly crowds at the age of 43
I believe, somewhere, a big reason for good domestic players not going on to have successful careers at the highest level might just be their inability to acclimatise to the big stage and remain unaffected by bullying crowds. The game, like most other sports, demands extraordinary amounts of mental fortitude.
The battles in the middle are, of course, the most important in cricket. But for the players involved, it's not the only one they face when they walk out of the pavilion. It's just the one that we, as viewers, get to see. Dealing with rowdy, teasing and nasty crowds has never been the favorite job of cricketers but it's also the one that they can't avoid. Most of the times, there are hardly any sanctions on crowds who can get away with almost anything. But retaliation from the players' side almost always gets noticed and most of the times gets reprimanded. Be it Sylvester Clarke throwing a brick at the stands or Inzi chasing a certain Shiv Thind with his bat for being called 'aaloo' or Kohli's middle finger response to Australian crowds, these are images that have lasted long in the memory of everyone who follows the game. Crowd abuse and taunts, on the other hand, are just part and parcel of their careers for most of the cricketers.
And it's by no means a new phenomena. Colin Blythe, a left arm spinner for England, became so stressed by the prospect of Test cricket and facing the ever increasing crowds that he was medically advised to not play at Lord's in 1909. Arthur Shrewsbury, the first batsman to reach the milestone of 1000 runs, made himself unavailable for an Ashes Test at Leeds fearing the strain of dealing with unruly crowds at the age of 43
I believe, somewhere, a big reason for good domestic players not going on to have successful careers at the highest level might just be their inability to acclimatise to the big stage and remain unaffected by bullying crowds. The game, like most other sports, demands extraordinary amounts of mental fortitude.
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