NIALL O’BRIEN

Impressive: Kent’s young wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson

It’s the first summer since I finally hung up my bat and wicketkeeping gloves in first-class cricket and I have to say I have no regrets whatsoever.
In truth, retiring was not a big decision for me. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my cricket career but I’d played for long enough. It was time to take a back seat and focus on my role in the sports agency world with CSM and various punditry roles, which will keep me busy over the cricketing summer.
Indeed, I hadn’t even picked up a cricket ...