7 Footballers who are cricket fans
Gary Linekar’s love for cricket is an open secretIt is always nice and pleasing to see a particular sportsperson adoring a sport that they don’t represent. There is a certain feeling of oneness in that – seeing your idol as a fan, just like you, of the other sport you like. Players, on a subconscious level at least, lose the status of being fans in the sport they excel – they are seen more as players, superstars, than worshippers.So when it comes to footballers being cricket fans, the number is not so much outside of the United Kingdom. There are times, however, when the said footballers reveal their love for the gentlemen’s game and here are some of them who love cricket.
#1 Joe Hart
If Joe Hart wasn’t a footballer, he might have been a cricketer for Worcestershire – such is his love for the game. In fact, he spent two years in their academy and impressed their director, Damien D’Oliviera, who thought that Hart, who used to be a left-arm bowler, could have been a “top county cricketer.”
However, he chose football instead of cricket, and the rest is history.
Ahead of the series against New Zealand, Joe Hart said: “I am really excited about the Ashes. I am a very keen England fan, pretty much like the football team with the ups and downs, I am there with them.”
He then went on to laud the team for their good performances against New Zealand and believed that England had what it takes to beat Australia in the Ashes. Ultimately, the cricket team didn’t let him down as England won the Ashes against all odds.