Bhubaneswar, May 18 -- To leave one's career and passion one day is certainly a bitter feeling. One will definitely feel like the world has gone upside down. Imagining it is one thing but going through such ordeal, must be a whole different deal.

However, there are some great international cricketers who have parted from cricket due to strange reasons and left their fans broken-hearted. Here is a look at some of those cricketers:

Nathan Astle (When boredom overpowers)

Former aggressive New Zealand batter Nathan Astle announced his retirement from cricket in 2007 just six weeks before his fourth World Cup. Astle, considered as one of the best batsman in world cricket, left cricket due to a strange reason. He was utterly bored in cricket...