@article{ref1,
title="Injuries to elite male cricketers in Australia over a 10-year period",
journal="Journal of science and medicine in sport",
year="2006",
author="Orchard, J. W. and James, Thea and Portus, Marc R.",
volume="9",
number="6",
pages="459-467",
abstract="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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1440-2440",
doi="10.1016/j.jsams.2006.05.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2006.05.001"
}