How Is Cricket As Profession?

If you are seeking cricket as profession that is excellent specially if you belong to countries like Australia, India, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa and others. These Commonwealth Nations have greater contributions to put this game today among the top popular sports like football, Formula One, tennis and others. Like football, tennis and F1 sportsperson, the cricketers too have a luxurious life and they can earn enough money to sustain them after retirement. Overall cricket as a profession is a good option provided that you get the limelight.

There are few sports which put its players on another track of career after retirement, and cricket is one. Most players after retirement can opt for diversified fields that keep on bulking their wallets. A cricketer after retirement can go for careers like – umpiring, commentator, TV host of events, coaches, and opening cricket academies to teach the sport to young guns! Few sports provide such variety of options after retirement. But to become a professional cricketer is not an easy thing. You have to really work hard and get noticed by national selectors or country cricket boards/organizations to select you for squads.

The opportunities come since one’s teenage. There are records of some great players of the world debuting at young age as 16, 15 or like that. Sachin Tendulkar, Saqlain Mustaq, Shahid Afridi, Parthiv Patel and other international cricketers have started their career from a very young age. That is possible because of the under 19 squad of cricket. Even under-19 cricket world cup is organized every four years similar to Cricket World Cup, where the nations send their youngsters to participate in the game.

Today the commercialization of sports has opened more opportunities for such aspiring cricketers across all nations. The newly formed IPL has opened opportunities for such non-recognized cricketers to prove their mettle. The teams of the IPL buy players from all nations and all categories. Many players who failed to get recognition or attention of national squad selection committee could put their show through IPL.

So, the first step that you should look forward to is that you start playing the game early. You have to start it in a good academy of cricket where you are trained by a good coach. Such playing in academies opens opportunities first to enter district and then state level cricket. From state level even if you are not selected in the national team, you get a good annual salary for playing for the state you represent. In countries like England young cricketers get opportunities to play in county matches and club sports. There are many games played besides one day international cricket events where the cricketers can earn good match fee. Once a player reaches state level or equivalent, he or she is then recruited by companies and public sectors to play for their team. For instance in India, there are options like get recruited by banks, railways, and other such public sectors.


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