Trading the bat for a shovel

Fancy your coach digging graves to make ends meet. Mike Haysman takes us through some of the most bizarre secondary careers of cricketers in the 'less fortunate' era. Where would life be without cricket, you'd have to wonder...

Many to this day will have nightmares of what could have been. Often as a fledgling sportsman trying to make the grade, you are forced to roll up the sleeves and seek employment to make ends meet whilst spending whatever spare time you have forging a career in your chosen sporting field. Often that secondary career choice is suspect.