Five Cricketers Who Turned Poor From Being Filthy Rich

Cricket boards make sure to serve their players with the best facilities. But then nothing hits as hard as life does and even some of the most consistent cricketers have seen their fates change. It is interesting that from living a posh life full of facilities and accomplishments they adjusted to living the life of a regular middle class but never gave up on the test of life and continued to float in the test of time.

Let us look at a few cricketers who turned poor from being filthy rich or well recognised.

Arshad Khan

Arshad Khan played for Pakistan from 1997 to 2006. In this phase, he represented the national team in nine Tests and 58 ODIs. He was not a success story for Pakistan but contributed to the best of his capacity during his playing days.

However, after his time in cricket, he struggled with his finances. His family failed to make ends meet. During this time Arshad Khan resorted to driving taxi in Australia to help his family survive.

Adam Hollioake

Adam Hollioake, a Surrey legend, who played for England from 1996 to 1999 saw change in fortunes. He was born in Australia and led the English side. Hollioake played four Tests and 35 ODIs for England in his short career span. After his retirement, he went bankrupt.

To earn a living he took up Mixed Martial Art (MMA) and earned a niche for himself. He also told he got more adrenaline from five minutes of MMA than 17 years of cricket.

Matthew Sinclair

Matthew Sinclair, the Australia-born New Zealand cricketer, played from 1999 to 2007. During this time he also notched up the joint record for the highest Test score (214) by a number three on debut against the West Indies in the Boxing Day Test in 1999.

Sinclair, however, was not a regular in the latter years of his career and thus decided to retire. It was a difficult time for him post retirement as he struggled to make ends it. During this time he started to work in a real estate company.

Chris Cairns

Chris Cairns was one of the most established New Zealand all-rounder who made his performance do the talking. In the Tests, Cairns scored 3220 runs and picked up 216 wickets while in the ODIs he notched up 4950 runs and scalped 201 wickets between 1989 to 2006.

But he endured a difficult time after retirement. He started to work at a diamond makers’ room where he faced a heavy loss. Later he picked up washing trucks and driving it as an occupation to make ends meet.

Janardan Navle

The Indian cricket board might have developed as one of the richest in the recent years. It also pays its cricketers and staffs highly but things were not the same in the earlier days.

Janardan Navle who started as a wicket-keeper batsman in 1932 was not paid well. After his retirement, he had to work in at a Chinese mill as a watchman to make ends meet.