White line fever. Apparently first discovered in Australia in the 1980's. There have been virulent outbreaks throughout the world since. Like the ebola virus in central Africa, whenever white line fever flares up again, it tends to revert back to its origins in the host populace.

It has an illustrious alumni. Steve Waugh is often credited with discovering the disease but he was more often the carrier rather than the victim. It rarely tends to infect the cool, calm, calculating types even though they are excellent transmitters of the germ. More often than not, it manifests in the less cerebral cricketers, the Merv Hughes, Glenn McGrath, Craig McDermott clones. It can transcend international quarantine zones. Jimmy Anderson and Ben Stokes have the host virus in their bloodstream, regularly succumbing to a relapse under pressure. Andre Nel was a famous South African victim of the disease whilst even the great Virat Kohli may occasionally show symptoms. Sarfraz Ahmed was a recent patient too.