Ever since the resumption of international cricket post COVID-19 hiatus, the players have been forced to stay in bio-bubbles, where their life is restricted to hotels and stadiums.
No wonder, cricketers are finding it mentally challenging and many of them have only spoken about it.
Ahead of the West Indies tour, Australia's limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch has touched on the same topic, hoping that players' families will soon be allowed to accompany them on overseas tours.
Finch and his wife are expecting a child soon and he will be outside Australia on national duty for two months, knowing that a quick return for the birth of his child is almost impossible if that happens in between.
"They're the risks you take. She wasn't too keen on me going and if she happens to give birth a bit early, we might be in some trouble...it might be a FaceTime birth, I don't know," Finch was quoted as saying by Australian Associated Press.
Finch-led 20-member Australia squad will depart for the Caribbean on Monday (June 28), without the likes of David Warner and Pat Cummins, who have opted out of the tour to spend time with their families.
Australia will play five T20Is and three ODIs in West Indies followed by the tour of Bangladesh for five T20Is.
After returning from both tours, the Australian players will have to spend two weeks in hotel isolation.
Finch is set to return on August 25, while the due date for the birth of his first child is September 8.
Asked if the cricketers' families will soon travel with them on tours, Finch replied: "I don't have the answer for you but it's something that needs to be looked at.
"I remember speaking to Davey Warner about it during his IPL stint.
"His kids are at an age where they understand how long time is ... when you have kids crying on FaceTime, it doesn't make it easy," he added.
On a different note, Finch said his team will soon decide whether to take a knee during the West Indies tour in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
"Over the last 12 months, we've educated ourselves quite a bit on Black Lives Matter," he said.
"We'll speak to (West Indies veteran) Jason Holder and be really respectful and supportive of anything they wish to do."
