40 Superstitions followed by Cricketers

17. Superstition of zipping the mouth:

There was an ardent superstition of former English player Mike Atherton that when he remained unbeaten at the end of day’s play, he wouldn’t give any interviews, comments or anything about it as he zipped his mouth afterwards to rule out its inauspicious effects on his game next day.

18. Sweater Superstition:

There was a superstition that during the Delhi test in 1999, whenever Sachin Tendulkar handed over Anil Kumble’s sweater and cap to the umpire before his overs, Kumble took a wicket. In the same match, Kumble became the first Indian to take 10 wickets in an innings. Sunil Gavaskar didn’t wear sweater in his early days, even in winters.

19. Lucky line:

The former Zimbabwe cricketers Grant Flower and Mark Dekker had a famous punch line which was prosperous for their game. Whenever they had gone for batting together, either of them used to say the other “I hope you get hit on the head” in reply to which the other always reciprocated by saying that “same to you”.

20. Magical coin:

England cricketer Sir Len Hutton had a possession of a mystic coin. Hutton always carried a five shilling coin with himself which was given to him by his grandfather’s friend with recommendation never to part ways with it as it might bring bad luck to his game.