Weary workers criss-cross the globe
The travel burden on elite Australian cricketers such as Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke is well documented, writes Jesse Hogan in the Sunday Age
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
The travel burden on elite Australian cricketers such as Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke is well documented, writes Jesse Hogan in the Sunday Age. But for those just below Test level the demands are even more onerous. Hogan talks to David Hussey and Darren Pattinson about endless summers.
''It is hard to keep yourself up all the time,” Hussey said, “but it's about pride of performance, and that every game I play I have to win, irrespective of who's playing. If I'm playing with [his wife] Kristy, if I'm playing with you, I'm going to have to win the game. You might be a gun squash player - well, I'm happy to take you down.''
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo