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Cricket Mentality

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Topic: Cricket Mentality

Posted By: Pietersen Fan
Subject: Cricket Mentality
Date Posted: 28 December 2007 at 7:52pm

a chat in another thread has lead me to start a thread releating to the mental aspects of cricket.

we all know it takes alot of phisical attributes to become a good cricketer, but i think that mental atributes are equally important

what are your view on positive think etc?

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Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 28 December 2007 at 10:28pm

My views are if you think positively, you'll be less disappointed with the result!

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Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 29 December 2007 at 12:52am

Thinking positive is a must in my opinion. To me the biggest thing though is just not accepting the situation, I/the team might be getting a right thrashing, but i just think F#&k it i am not going to let this continue and i always seem to be able to find another gear and lift my game.

Someone who was successful at cricket was Mark Richardson, just through his mental attitude and work off the park. From a left arm spinner batting down the order for his domestic side to opening bat for NZ, and did a bloody good job of it.

Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 29 December 2007 at 6:35am

Cricket is 90% mental and that other 10% is physical, I reckon. You have to be positive to be a good cricketer. A prime example of this is with Vinod Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar, many thought Kambli was more talented than Sachin Tendulkar but Tendulkar was mentally stronger than Kambli.

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