Like any elite sport, the jack is often romanticized as skills, temperament and durability test. However, for some players, it became a reminder of the unpredictability of life.
While many legends bend according to their own conditions, others are not very lucky – they are forced to retire with injury or underlying health conditions.
On Tuesday, the old Australian opener Will Pucovski’nin because of the effects of the jolt because of the sad news that he was looking for time for his career, other international cricketists were forced to get out of the game because we dug the archives because their bodies did not offer them any other option.
1. James Taylor (England)
Tests: 7 | ARM: 27
James Taylor, who hit a talented medium -grade ball with a solid technique and an example attitude, was seen as a future basis for England’s test team. After his first release in 2011, Taylor began to find the foundation of the international cricket and became a regular asset in the ODI installation, even caught England in a game. In 2016, only 26 years old, Taylor was diagnosed with Arvc (arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy), a rare and potentially fatal heart condition. After retirement days. It was a heartbreaking end for a player who began to realize his potential. Since his retirement, Taylor has joined the game through a task in comment and the election panel of the UK.
2. Mark Boucher (South Africa)
Tests: 147 | ODI: 295
Mark Boucher, one of the best Ficketkeepers in the history of the game, was closing 1,000 international dismissal when a freak accident brought his career to a sudden stop during a warming match in 2012. During a tour match against Somperset, a bail came out of the stumps, and Iımran Tahir Geraint Jones had bowling after Bowling. The injury caused serious damage to his left eye, partially left him blind and could not continue his career. Boucher was 35 years old at the time and still playing at a high level. His separation left a gap in the installation of South Africa, which took years to be controversial.
3. Will Pucovski (Australia)
Tests: 1
The technique and temperament of Will Pucovski, an incredibly talented opener, saw him early labeling him as a future cornerstone of the Australian test team. He threw a running mountain in the native jack and finally entered the test side at the beginning of 2021 and composed 62 at the opposition to India. However, Pucovski’s career drowned with serious and repeated concussions, during his wife, he suffered more than him in non-cricket contexts, including several people. The cumulative effect of these head injuries damaged mental and physical welfare, and eventually forced him to retire from the game on Tuesday.
4. Pite Van Biljon (South Africa)
T20IS: 10
Pite Van Biljon was a late florist at the international cricket. The player who hit a strong moderate ball known for his domestic abuse; At the age of 33, he made a T20 output for South Africa. Although it is not the most productive international record, it remained an important figure and a potential T20 assistant player on the local stage. At the end of 2023, Van Biljon was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediately attention. The medical advice completely pushed him to get away from the game by ending his professional career in 37. Experienced, physically appropriate athletes can be blind by health difficulties reminded.
5. Michael Yardy (England)
Tests: 2 | Ava: 28 | T20IS: 14
Mike Yardy, who hit an unusual but effective left arm spinner and a talented lower ball, was part of the UK’s squad that won the 2010 T20 World Cup. However, during the 2011 World Cup, Yardy was drawn to the squad due to serious depression – reportedly fought throughout his life. Afterwards, he continued to play the local jack, but Yardy never returned to the international stage. The opening of mental health problems at that time was groundbreaking and helped future players to talk more freely about psychological struggles.
6. Craig Kieswetter (England)
Ava: 46 | T20IS: 25
Craig Kieswetter, who won the match in the UK’s 2010 T20 World Cup final, was a explosive Fickkeeper-Batsman with a bright future. He started his career in South Africa, but in 2006 he represented proteins in the U-19 World Cup and continued to be entitled to England. In 2014, while fighting in a district match, Kieswetter was welcomed by a David Willey Fedai. Despite wearing a helmet, the ball passed through the viewfinder and caused multiple fractures on his nose and eye socket. The result was damaging his vision. Despite a return attempt, Kieswetter never regained full confidence and sharpness with the bat. In 2015, he retired from a professional jack only at the age of 27. The loss was deeply felt in the British white ball installation.
7. Nathan Bracken (Australia)
Tests: 5 | ODI: 116
A skilled left arm pacer, known for its control and variation; Bracken was a basis for the ODI of Australia in the mid -2000s. It was part of the 2007 World Cup winner and became the world’s number one Bowling player at the summit of their powers. Repeating knee injuries limited his career early, and the IPL side retired in 2011 after more than one surgery despite a great offer of Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Bracken later filed a lawsuit against Australia, claiming that there was negligence in the management of his injuries – this shed light on the pressure of suffering in elite sport.
8. Saba Karim (India)
Ava: 34 | Tests: 1
Saba Karim, a solid Fickkeeper-Batman, won the Indian hat in the late 1990s after years of consistent domestic performances. However, when he started to establish himself, he was hit by a ball while standing on the small door by holding Anil Kumbir during an Asian Cup match in 2000. The injury caused permanent vision problems and forced him to retire. Karim later took administrative roles and served as a national selective and high -level BCCI official.
9. Nari Contractor (India)
Tests: 31
Perhaps it is not a name that the modern fans of the game will remember, but the contractor played an international jack in the late 1950s and in the early 1960s, the story is perhaps the most creepy. In 1962, he was shot by a Charlie Griffith Fedai during the Tour of the West Indian Islands of India. It was a bad blow that required emergency surgery and multiple follow -up operations. He never played another test. The contractor was close to death that played an important role in changing the perception of security in the jack and eventually led to the introduction of better protective equipment-Kasklar became the only mainstream in the late 1970s.
