It's possible you may not need as much talent as you thought to become a success on the cricket pitch:

"The trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated. Or, put another way, expert performers - whether in memory or surgery, ballet or computer programming - are nearly always made, not born."

What Anders Ericsson, a psychology professor at Florida State University, is saying is that we could all have more potential than we realise. We are just not going about reaching that potential in the right way.

So if you love cricket and want to succeed you may do better by just changing your approach to success.

• Know the law of 10,000. Work for 10,000 hours on anything and you will master it, cricket included. That's a powerful motivator no matter what your natural talent may be. Of course you need the right sort of practice and a good slice of self motivation to get there (10 years or so).
• Set realistic targets. 10 years is a long time. Make your targets more realistic and achievable and use them as stepping stones on the journey to logging those hours. You can have goals for days, weeks, months and even seasons.
• Find a good coach. Ericsson also thinks we need constant feedback to realise our potential. A good coach, mentor or even senior player who can guide you through the bad times and pat your back in the good is invaluable, but then you already knew that really didn't you?

Genetic potential will always limit us eventually. Not every player can be a Botham or Tendulkar. We can get further than we though possible though and that is a triumph of mental strength of the physical.

As a player not gifted with the best talents on the pitch that makes me happy I can achieve more!

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