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Cricket(England)
June,8,2016
England wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor endured a tough WT20 and has now taken a
break from the game
England wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor;
The England wicketkeeper, has opened up about the struggles with anxiety
that have caused her to take an indefinite break from cricket.England
wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor, 27, is widely considered one of the most talented
women's players in the game, but has struggled for form in recent months, not
least during the World T20 in India in March, when she made 49 runs at 9.80 in
five matches.She said to the BBC, Taylor conceded that she was undergoing
cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in a bid to rid herself of a disorder that
has dogged her life in recent years, and sometimes resulted in such acute panic
attacks that she had to run off the field to be sick.
Taylor said,"For the
past four years I've been suffering with anxiety, and obviously it's my health
and my health is my first priority, "It was starting to affect my
performance in cricket but taking time out is a way of trying to fix me as a
person and to prolong my career."Like anyone, if your performance drops
you have the capacity to get dropped.
I didn't want to allow it to affect my
performance so much that that happens, and if I can fix myself off the field I
can prolong my career.She said,"It happened mainly when I was about to
bat, that expectation of wanting to score runs. The nerves would hit me, but it
would be nerves plus something else, and I was always confused as to what it
was. It was a genuine kind of panic, the heart races, you feel faint, there
have been times I've had to run off into the changing room and be sick through
sheer panic."The initial news of Taylor's break came just days after
Charlotte Edwards stood down from her ten-year role as England women's captain,
following pressure from the head coach, Mark Robinson, for a renewed emphasis
on youth and fitness in a squad that has stagnated in recent years.Recently,
another of Taylor's long-term team-mates, Lydia Greenway, announced her
retirement from international cricket in the wake of the team's disappointing
showing at the World T20.They exited at the semi-final stage following defeat
against Australia, and have not won a major global title since 2009.
Heather
Knight, Edwards' vice-captain, was last week confirmed as the team's new
captain.Sarah Taylor took a four-month break from cricket in 2010, missing an
Ashes tour in the process, but returned to the sport to become the leading
wicketkeeper-batsman in the world.Sarah cannot yet put a time-frame on her
return, and looks set to miss not only England's home international summer but
the inaugural Kia Super League as well. However, she says she is "99
percent" sure she will be back to resume a career that has made her an
icon of the women's game.She sad,"It's a case of talking through my
struggles on my day-to-day basis, and my thought processes.
I'll have little
activities to tick off in my personal life, then I can look to the cricket side
of things. Unfortunately my cricket has to come second.she more added,"I
would like to say that I am 99 percent sure that I will play again,"I want
to put an England shirt back on and train with the girls, I miss them terribly.
I will do everything in my power to become healthy, but I can't say that that's
going to happen. But in a positive way, I want to play cricket again and I hope
to be back."
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