Alison Mitchell says Zafar Ansari’s decision to quit cricket was no big surprise to his peers

To those who know or have spent time talking to Zafar Ansari, news of his retirement from all cricket at the age of just 25 would not have come as a great shock.
The Surrey all-rounder earned his first England ODI cap in 2015 and made his Test debut in Bangladesh in October. His subsequent tour of India was cut short by injury and he now admits he wasn’t quite ready for the international scene.
But instead of the experience providing him with the hunger to achieve more, the reality of t...