There’s no ‘I’ in team

High-profile England cricketers have long been prone to a compulsion to shoot themselves in the foot.

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8th September, 2012

Cricket

If there’s one sport in which the simplistic mantra “There’s no ‘I’ in team” should be used sparingly, it would be cricket. Batting and bowling are individual activities performed within a team framework, and many great cricketers, up to and including the greatest of them all, Don Bradman, have been single-minded to the point of selfishness in pursuit of personal success. Most cricketers have experienced the mixed feelings that accompany having a good game personally in a losing cause. For some, there are no mixed feelings: as long as they have been successful, all’s right with ...

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