Former Test tempo bowler Heath Davis has grow to be the primary male New Zealand worldwide cricketer to return out as gay, nonetheless a rarity within the skilled recreation.
Davis, now 50 and residing in Australia, performed 5 Tests and 11 one-day internationals from 1994 to 1997 as properly as having fun with a prolonged home profession as a fast however erratic quick bowler.
“I felt there was this part of my life that I was hiding,” he stated in an interview.
“There was a lot of that, just keeping your personal life separate. It was lonely … I was repressing it, I wasn’t living a gay life.”
Davis stated life improved after a transfer from his native Wellington to play home cricket within the extra cosmopolitan metropolis of Auckland in 1997.
“I felt there was this part of my life I needed to express, I was sick of hiding it,” he added.
“Everyone in Auckland knew I was gay, in the team, but it didn’t seem to be that big an issue … I just felt free.”
Former England wicketkeeper Steven Davies turned the primary male worldwide cricketer to publicly come out as gay in early 2011.
Davis, now 50 and residing in Australia, performed 5 Tests and 11 one-day internationals from 1994 to 1997 as properly as having fun with a prolonged home profession as a fast however erratic quick bowler.
“I felt there was this part of my life that I was hiding,” he stated in an interview.
“There was a lot of that, just keeping your personal life separate. It was lonely … I was repressing it, I wasn’t living a gay life.”
Davis stated life improved after a transfer from his native Wellington to play home cricket within the extra cosmopolitan metropolis of Auckland in 1997.
“I felt there was this part of my life I needed to express, I was sick of hiding it,” he added.
“Everyone in Auckland knew I was gay, in the team, but it didn’t seem to be that big an issue … I just felt free.”
Former England wicketkeeper Steven Davies turned the primary male worldwide cricketer to publicly come out as gay in early 2011.
