‘Crying on the couch’ – Aussie skipper Paine’s mental demons

Australian captain Tim Paine revealed Sunday he used to hate playing cricket and was left “crying on the couch” after losing confidence during an injury-plagued period of his career. The 35-year-old has been widely praised after taking over as Test skipper in 2018 when Steve Smith was suspended over a brazen attempt under his watch to alter the ball with sandpaper in Cape Town. But it has not been easy for Paine, who suffered a…