'The warning lights set off by Darren Bravo's decision to decline selection for West Indies' imminent tour of South Africa "for personal reasons" are too strong to be ignored. No less so is the continuing absence from any cricket since June of Kieran Powell. They are signals that the two left-handers, the most naturally gifted of the current West Indies batsmen, could well be the latest on the expanding list of professional cricketers overcome by the constant grind of global travel and worn down by the need to succeed in a demanding and fiercely competitive professional environment. The medical term for the problem has evolved from "acute fatigue syndrome" to "stress-related condition" to simply "depression". It is the second time in less than a year that Bravo, 25, has opted out of the game to which he has devoted all his young life; the same, unspecified "personal reasons" was the only phrase offered in explanation each time. There has been no stated explanation for the disappearance of Powell, 24, from the West Indies and Leeward Islands teams. Last December, Bravo quit the tour of New Zealand to go home early; three weeks earlier, his 218 in the first Test was a match-saving innings, the highest of six three-figure scores in his 32 Tests. He was back for successive series at home against New Zealand in June and Bangladesh in August, and was on the team that created international turmoil with its premature pull-out of the tour of India last month. On the surface, nothing seemed amiss with Bravo's game. His sixth Test hundred - 109 in the second Test against New Zealand - was his first in the Caribbean, fittingly at Queen's Park Oval, his home ground for club and country; his 124 in the third ODI against Bangladesh was his highest score in ODIs. As is now clear, he was struggling to come to terms with issues off the field. So it is with Powell, whose last innings were 28 and 0 in the first Test against New Zealand in early June, after which he was dropped; he hasn't been seen on any scoresheet since.'
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