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Nick Compton:Five cricketers who took break from cricket due to mental illness 1

He is the new inclusion in this list.  He has taken a break from cricket due to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) on 23rd June 2016.The rising England batsman found himself in the boiling cauldron   after his lean patch against Sri Lanka. In the last ten matches, he scored 117 runs with a highest score 22. In the just concluded Sri Lanka series, he scored only 51 runs in five innings.

But before the Sri Lanka series he played a match-winning innings against South Africa. In the Durban Test, he scored 85 and 49 in tricky conditions at Kingsmead that helped England to win the Test by 241 runs.  Compton realised  that his Test career is over. England selectors will not pick him for the Pakistan series.

Compton will turn 33 before the start of the first Test against Pakistan on July 14.  He has played 16 Test matches so far at an average of 28.70.

Compton, who shaped his career to prove himself throughout his career, now somehow lost his motivation.  His mind and body both are tired with his long struggle.

 

Sudipta Biswas

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