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No room for 'seniors' in cricket

 
sgtdjones 2020-04-08 14:01:29 

No room for 'seniors' in cricket

IT may seem unimportant or trifling but it makes a difference to the harmony of a team when the attitude seems to favour some above others. That term "senior" can disrupt team unity, create detachment and trigger discord among 11 players on a cricket side who are all trying to pull the load together with a singular purpose!

I refer here to something which I have been aware of for the past 15 years at least, which crept into the TT cricket team when used by a few experienced players to refer to themselves. On the outside, it appears innocent enough, but psychologically, it can affect players on both sides of the divide. The captains, coaches and even selectors began using it to describe the more experienced players. Nonetheless, it’s wrong.

When a team is chosen to play a game, there is no one senior to another. They all have the same responsibility and should all be dancing to the same tune. From the time seniority is introduced, what is being done, although unwittingly, is saying that more depends on one player than another.