Cricket’s biggest superstition! Before the match, he used to cover the toilet seat and hang the bat from the ceiling, even the captain was fed up with him.

New Delhi: Neil McKenzie’s name is taken with great respect in South African cricket. McKenzie played in 58 Tests, 64 ODIs and 2 T20 International matches for South Africa. In Test cricket, McKenzie scored 3253 runs with 16 fifties and 5 centuries. Talking about ODI, he has 1688 runs in his name, which includes 2 centuries and 10 half-centuries. McKenzie was one of the most promising players of South Africa during his time. However, Neil McKenzie became more famous for his superstition than he was known for his game for South Africa.

There have been many cricketers in the world who became famous for their superstitions. The story of someone wearing pads and the story of who stepped first on someone’s field. There are many such tales and stories of superstitions of cricketers, but Neil McKenzie was quite different from them all. Neil McKenzie believed so much in his tricks on the cricket field that once even the captain got fed up with him.

Neil McKenzie’s famous tricks

Although Neil McKenzie believed in many types of tricks, hanging the bat from the ceiling and covering it with toilet sheets became very famous. It is said about Neil McKenzie that when he came on the field to bat, he used to cover all the toilet sheets in the dressing room. He believed that by doing this his performance would improve. Another interesting story related to McKenzie is that before a match, his fellow players had stuck his bat on the ceiling with tape. After that McKenzie scored a century. What happened next: After this McKenzie started sticking his bat to the ceiling the night before every match.

Not only this, Neil McKenzie never placed his foot on the white strip on the pitch. McKenzie never stepped on the white strip in his entire cricketing career. Apart from this, a superstition of McKenzie also became famous that he used to look towards the leg side after every ball and then take a stance. This is why Neil McKenzie became famous for his strange stories.