Time Away From The Game

Time Away From The Game

Adam London has had an enviable career in cricket. He played as a professional cricketer for Middlesex from 2009-2013 and has dominated the Premier League batting charts in both Surrey and Middlesex in recent years. Since the end of his professional playing career, he...
Talking In County Cricket

Talking In County Cricket

The stakes are high in professional sport, and people want to win. The most successful teams and individuals are often thought to play ‘hard’, or to ‘not give an inch’. Indeed, such are the pressures of the game and environment that it may seem useful, even necessary,...
The Three Pillar Perspective

The Three Pillar Perspective

Cricket can be ruthless. Numbers assigned to your name on a scorecard tellsanyone and everyone you’ve had either a good day or bad. Without doubt, as aplayer, cricket has a knack of feeding you failure more often than not. Learning to cope with these failures is...
MH in the Cricket Community

MH in the Cricket Community

Conceptual model illustrating a set of views about the current state of mental health awareness and related initiatives in the cricket community. Mental health within sports, such as cricket, is becoming an increasingly common topic of conversation. The importance of...
MH in the Cricket Community

University Sport & MH

This summer I finished my third year of studying at Exeter, and the cricket club (EULCC) has been a huge part of my university experience. This year I had the privilege of being on the club’s committee as the welfare secretary. The role focuses on monitoring and...
Sean’s Path

Sean’s Path

Cricket can mean a lot to those in the game. It can be source of release and distraction, a chance to set and achieve goals and dozens of other things. For Sean Walsh, it has been more profound. He credits the sport with guiding him through a life changing...