Metatarsal stress fractures in cricket fast bowlers

NewsBot · Aug 9, 2023

English men's domestic cricket injury risk by activity and cricket type: a retrospective cohort study from 2010 to 2019
Luke Goggins et al
August 03, 2023

Objectives
Explore whether injury profiles and mechanisms differ between red (First-Class multi-day) and white (One-Day and Twenty20 limited over) ball cricket in elite men's domestic cricket from 2010 to 2019.
Design
Retrospective cohort analysis.
Methods
Injury incidence calculated according to the updated international consensus statement on injury surveillance in cricket, along with seasonal days lost and injury severity descriptive statistics.
Results
Across both cricket types, bowling resulted in the most seasonal days lost (Mean 1942, 95% CI: 1799–2096) and highest mean injury severity (30 days, 95% CI: 28–33), with lumbar spine the body region with the most seasonal days lost (Mean 432 seasonal days; 95% CI: 355–525) from bowling. Injury incidence was higher in white ball compared to red ball cricket (per unit of time), with bowling (and its various phases) the most frequently occurring mechanism in both cricket types (White ball: 67.0 injuries per 1000 days of play [95% CI: 59.6–75.3]; Red ball: 32.4 injuries per 1000 days of play [95% CI: 29.1–36.1]). When bowling, the abdomen and thigh were the body regions most injured from white (13.4 injuries per 1000 days of play [95% CI: 10.3–17.4]), and red ball (6.4 injuries per 1000 days of play [95% CI: 5.0–8.2]) cricket respectively. Overall, clear differences emerged in the nature and mechanism of injuries between red and white ball cricket.
Conclusion
Bowling presents the highest injury risk (Across both cricket types), as well as highlighting the increased risk of injuries diving during fielding and running between the wickets when batting, in shorter white ball cricket.
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NewsBot · Aug 15, 2023

Optimal initial position and technique for the front foot contact phase of cricket fast bowling: Commonalities between individual-specific simulations of elite bowlers
P J Felton et al
J Biomech. 2023 Aug 12;158:111765

Group-based and individual-based studies in cricket fast bowling have identified common technique characteristics associated with ball release speed. The applicability of these findings to individual bowlers is often questioned, however, due to research approach limitations. This study aims to identify whether the optimal initial body position at front foot contact and subsequent technique to maximise ball release speed exhibit common characteristics for elite male cricket fast bowlers using individual-specific computer optimisations. A planar 16-segment whole-body torque-driven simulation model of the front foot contact phase of fast bowling was customised, evaluated, and the initial body position and subsequent movement pattern optimised, for ten elite male fast bowlers. The optimised techniques significantly increased ball release speed by 4.8 ± 1.3 ms-1 (13.5 ± 4.1%) and ranged between 37.8 and 42.9 ms-1, and in lower peak ground reaction forces and loading rates. Common characteristics were observed within the optimal initial body position with more extended front knees, as well as more flexion of the front and bowling arm shoulders than in current performances. Delays to the onset of trunk flexion, front arm and bowling arm shoulder extension, and wrist flexion were also common in the subsequent movement during the front foot contact phase. Lower front hip extensor and front shoulder flexor torques, as well as greater bowling shoulder extensor torques were also evident. This is useful knowledge for coach development, talent identification, and coaching practice.
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NewsBot · Feb 3, 2024

Female cricket pace bowling: kinematic and anthropometric relationships with ball release speed
C Lyons et al
S Afr J Sports Med. 2023 Jun 5;35(1)

Background: Despite an increase in the professionalism and participation of female cricket, the coaching of female pace bowling is still reliant on male-derived knowledge.

Objectives: To investigate the association between key male-derived kinematic and anthropometric parameters and ball release speed (BRS) in female pace bowlers.

Methods: Eleven female pace bowlers participated in this study. BRS, and four anthropometric and five kinematic parameters were determined. Stepwise linear regression and Pearson Product Moment correlations were used to identify anthropometric and kinematic parameters linked to BRS.

Results: The best predictor of BRS explaining 89% of the observed variance was the bowling shoulder angle at ball release. The best anthropometric predictor of BRS was height explaining 53% of the observed variance. Other parameters correlated with BRS included: run-up speed (r = 0.75, p = 0.013) and arm length (r = 0.61, p = 0.046). When height was controlled for, the front knee angle at front foot contact was also correlated to BRS (r = 0.68, p = 0.044). No relationship was found between trunk flexion and BRS.

Conclusion: Faster BRS were characterised by faster run-up speeds, straighter front knees, and delayed arm circumduction similar to male pace bowlers. The lack of relationship between trunk flexion and BRS may highlight female pace bowlers adopting a bowling technique where BRS is contributed to by trunk rotation as well as trunk flexion. This knowledge is likely to be useful in the talent identification and coaching of female pace bowlers.
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NewsBot · Feb 19, 2024

Annual incidence and prevalence of injuries in elite male academy cricketers: A 4-year prospective cohort study
Amy Williams et al
JSAMS Plus; Volume 3, June 2024, 100050

Objectives
The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of injuries; time-loss and non-time loss, in elite male academy cricket.

Design
Prospective cohort analysis.

Methods
Annual injury incidence and prevalence from all cricket related injuries were calculated for 348 male academy players (under-13 to under-18) from the 18 First-Class County Cricket clubs in England and Wales across four years (2017/18, 2018/19, 2020/21 and 2021/22), in accordance with the updated consensus statement for injury surveillance methods in cricket.

Results
The average annual injury incidence was 115.0 injuries/100 players/year, with similar rates between time-loss (59.7 injuries/100 players/year) and non-time loss injury incidence (55.3 injuries/100 players/year). On average, 8.5 % of players were unavailable on any given day of the year due to injury. Match injury incidence (48.8 injuries/100 players/year) was higher than cricket-based training (25.2 injuries/100 players/year), gym-based training, illness, and ‘other’ injury incidences. Match bowling was the activity associated with the highest total (17.7 injuries/100 players/year), time-loss (10.3 injuries/100 players/year) and non-time loss (7.4 injuries/100 players/year) injury incidence. The lumbar spine was the body location most frequently injured (15.3 injuries/100 players/year) and was the most prevalent body location injured (2.9 % of players).

Conclusions
The findings from this study provide, robust evidence of the extent of the injury problem in elite male academy cricketers. Bowling poses the greatest risk to players and the lumbar spine is the most common and prevalent injury location.
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NewsBot · Apr 24, 2024 at 2:21 AM

Injury Profiles in Sub-Elite Women’s Cricket: Exploring Incidence, Prevalence, Nature, Onset and Body Region.
Jolandi Jacobs et al
Physical Therapy in Sport; 23 April 2024

Highlights
•Injury incidence at sub-elite women’s cricket appears lower than elite levels.
•Time-loss injuries were higher in training compared to matches.
•The most time-loss injuries occurred in the lower leg and ankle.
•Fast bowlers had the highest muscle-related injuries.
•Wrist and hand injuries caused the most matches missed.
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Introduction
The rise in participation in sports, like women’s cricket, is linked with increased injury risk. Providing high-level longitudinal data is the first step in implementing evidence-based injury prevention strategies.

Design
Prospective cohort study

Objective
This cohort study aims to describe the injury profiles in sub-elite women’s cricket in South Africa during the 2022/23 season.

Methods
Injuries were prospectively recorded using injury surveillance questionnaires, injury surveillance database, and logbooks completed by each team’s medical staff. Injury rates were investigated for match and training days, body region, player role, nature, and activity at the time of injury.

Results
Three teams with a total of 44 players (20.86 ± 1.6 years) were included in the study. Injury incidence was 85.23 per 1000 player match days, 15.91 for match time-loss and 69.32 for non-time-loss, with 2.95% of players unavailable for match selection on any day. Fast bowlers had the highest injury incidence. Fielding caused 46.67% of all injuries. Injury incidence was higher in training than in matches. The wrist/hand had the highest injury incidence and caused the most match time-loss.

Conclusion
This study provides valuable insights regarding the current injury rates in sub-elite female cricket players.
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