List of cricketers and alcohol-related issues: Cricket careers affected by addiction

4. Ricky Ponting

Perhaps the biggest and greatest name in this list, the legendary leader of the most outstanding pack of cricketers, Ricky Ponting too had his share of problems with alcoholism. But most of the issues came during the early part of his career, before he became the captain of the Australian side. Nevertheless, it could’ve nearly ruined his career.

In 1999, he admitted that he had an issue with alcoholism and was dropped from the ODI squad after an incident which took place in a nightclub outside Sydney. He was punched on the face by an anonymous person and had a black eye, but the former Aussie skipper admitted he had no memory of that incident. Unlike some other cricketers, he worked on the issues and got himself out of trouble.

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