5 Cricketers who did unusual jobs before becoming a professional cricketer

4. Shane Bond (Traffic Policeman)

Shane Bond is one of the finest bowlers in the history of the game. He had every trait of a fast bowler, he was fast, he was furious, and he was dashing. Although his career was affected by injuries, he had set up a benchmark for others to follow. His toe-crushing yorkers and quick swinging deliveries troubled the batsmen as he was the leader of the New Zealand bowling lineup for most of the time. 

He used to be a prominent headache for the Australians. His fast swinging deliveries troubled cricketing greats like Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist. During the 2003 World Cup, he took 17 wickets at an average of 17.94 and was the most valuable bowler for the New Zealand bowling attack. However, he had to do an odd-man’s job before getting into the New Zealand cricket team.

Very few people know that the New Zealand legend was once a traffic police officer. During an interview, he had mentioned that those were not the best days of his life. He was mocked by the people regularly. But, for him, those incidents were helping Bond to grow mentally as a person. Later, after a few years, the world witnessed a bowler destroying the stumps at regular intervals of time!