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Psychology of cricket
Former England cricket captain Mike Brearley on the psychology behind the game
Former England cricket captain Mike Brearley talks to Today about his relationship with Ian Botham, Ben Stokes' attitude and how his post-playing career as a psychoanalyst has made him re-evaluate his captaining style at the time. His book, On Cricket, looks back at 40 years of his writing on the game.
(Image: Mike Brearley in 1977, credit: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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