Summary
This study analyses injuries occurring to Australian male cricketers at the state
and national levels over 10 years using recently published international definitions
of injury. Data was collected retrospectively for 3 years and then prospectively over
the final 7 years. Injury incidence has stayed at a fairly constant level over the
10 years. Injury prevalence has gradually increased over the 10-year period but fell
in season 2004–2005. Increasing match scheduling over the 10-year period has probably
contributed to the increasing injury prevalence. Fast bowlers miss, through injury,
about 16% of all potential playing time, whereas the prevalence rate for all other
positions is less than 5%. Some match and schedule-related risks for bowling injury
have been noted, including a greater risk of injury in the second innings of first
class matches (compared to the first innings), a greater risk of injury in the second
game of back-to-back matches and an increased risk of injury in the rare situation
of enforcing the follow-on in a test match. The introduction of a boundary rope at
all grounds has successfully eliminated the mechanism of injury from collision with
fences whilst fielding. Cricket is a much safer sport to play at the elite level for
batsmen, fieldsmen, wicketkeepers, and spin bowlers than the football codes, which
are the other most popular professional sports in Australia.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
May 1,
2006
Received in revised form:
May 1,
2006
Received:
November 28,
2005
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© 2006 Sports Medicine Australia. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
