Juan J. Monroe 
Mirroring the trend of virtually all public discussion these days, Australian cricket has had a pretty binary few weeks.
Former Australia manager Justin Langer has been portrayed, according to his close friend Adam Gilchrist, as a “monster” when in fact he is “one of, if not the most successful manager in football history”.
The balanced view, of Langer as a good coach for a set period of time that had now passed, was hard to come by until captain Pat Cummins spoke out. Cummins has himself been called “gutless” by Mitchell Johnson for choosing not to demand a long-term Langer contract extension.
Will Pucovski has the option of taking a few years out of the game to decide what else he would like to do.Credit:Getty Images
It was therefore perhaps unsurprising to hear, in the minutes and hours after Will Pucovski said he experienced symptoms of a concussion for the 11th time, immediate pleas for the 24-year-old summarily withdraws from the game.
Being concussed 11 times certainly sounds extreme and extremely dangerous to Pucovski. In last year’s English County game, Derbyshire wicketkeeper Harvey Hosein, 25, left the game by his own choice after suffering four concussions in two years.
Hosein, choosing to prioritize a career in the financial industry over what had been an increasingly promising tenure behind the stumps, spoke with The cricketer How? ‘Or’ What discomfort with his condition would run into the anxiety of having to return to training and play for fear of missing out on opportunities in a highly competitive world.
“I picture myself being back for a particular game or practice,” Hosein said. “So that’s where the pressure came from that I put on myself, but you just can’t rush something that you can’t rush.”
Much like Hosein, Pucovski is a young man of abundant intelligence and self-awareness, in addition to his abundant talent for cricket. Spend some time talking with him and you’ll get the impression that, Cummins aside, Pucovski has a breadth rare for a professional cricketer, with interests and ideas that could be applied to a range of areas.
Already, he tried a few things. Nestled in a corner of the roar the website are a few columns about football and his beloved Manchester United. As the son of two veteran teachers, Pucovski was also heavily invested in academic studies.
