World Cup winner Liam Plunkett has admitted “it has been pretty hard” since the World Cup final and that he has had down moments as he has come to phrases with reaching the top of his profession. Speaking at an occasion at Dulwich Cricket Club encouraging kids to play cricket, Plunkett said he changed into keeping on top of his intellectual fitness after the final. The England speedy bowler said he had skilled tension early in his profession after struggling with a panic attack even as visiting outside the game.

I’ve continually been massive into it [mental health awareness],” he said. “I had a panic assault a long time in the past. I never knew what it would become, and I was anxious about it. I struggled to be in single-on-one and positive situations like touring on an aircraft, and I’ve usually been conscious of that. Plunkett said transitioning to normality after triumphing in the World Cup had been hard. “I came from prevailing the World Cup, and all of a surprise, I sat on my sofa watching Netflix a day and a half later. It became pretty tough, and in reality, I felt pretty down a bit,” he stated.

Everything changed into building up to that World Cup, which became my profession’s highest point. I’m not sure whatever will manifest like that once more in cricket for me. The Surrey bowler found out that he had felt the effect of the squad disbanding too, announcing: “In the blink of an eye, it was gone, as I say, it felt like a massive low then. Everyone disappeared everywhere else, making you a bit unhappy because you still want to be around people. You’ve just won the World Cup; you may by no means see that once more, but in no way think of prevailing it, so I felt a bit down after. It becomes unhappy.

When asked if he could seek aid and communicate with someone if he continued to calm down, he stated that he had usually spoken to specialists and that this would be no one-of-a-kind. I’ve never stopped talking to anyone, but it’s a natural component. It’s miles a big drop from triumphing the World Cup to sitting on your couch.

I assume a number of the guys felt identical; we spoke to each other about it; however, as I stated, you’ve got to head again to playing for your county; a few guys are gambling inside the Ashes and the Test against Ireland. Plunkett said he had also taken steps out of doors to speak to team psychologists to manage his intellectual health in the beyond. “For perhaps three or four years, I was in and out of meditating.

I’ve usually attempted to do a chunk of yoga and to take a breath out [of the game], too,” he said. The England and Wales Cricket Board and the Professional Cricketers’ Association have positioned quite a few assets into players’ intellectual well-being after a sequence of excessive-profile England cricketers consisting of Marcus Trescothic,k Andrew Flintoff and, lately,y Jonathan Trott opened up about their experiences of negative intellectual health.