As you can imagine, I get contacted a lot by cricketers asking all kinds of questions about their game.

I love it, so don't stop but it got me to wondering about some of the bigger questions we often forget to ask ourselves as players.

I think the number one question any player can ask is only 4 words but it can reveal so much:

“How am I doing?”

It doesn't matter if you are talking to a coach about your technique, the captain about your role in the team, other players, your fitness trainer or even spectators. People love to give their opinion and it helps you get a perspective from outside your bubble.

Cricket can be a very self-obsessed game. Sometimes you need to take a step back.

The trick then is to separate the wheat from the chaff and use that advice to meet your personal cricket goals for the season. That's something you need to work out for yourself.

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