Can Eight over Bowling Spell be a Directives of Pace Bowling for Practice Session: An Experimental Study

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of continuous bowling spell on physical and physiological performance in pace bowling and also to find out how many over a district level pace bowler can bowl at a stretch in practice session. In the present study ten (10) male pace bowlers 18 to 23 years from Paschim Medinipur West Bengal were selected for this study. Data on selected physiological parameters namely pulse rate, blood lactate were measured prior to the first over and Rate of perceived exertion (RPE) and performance variable ball accuracy were measured after the 1st over and immediately after the completion of each 3rd, 5th, and 8th overs, by using digital sphygmomanometer, blood lactate analyser (Accutrend plus) and Borg scale respectively. The basic statistical parameters were calculated for all the data: the mean and standard deviation. One-way, repeated measures ANOVA were performed to determine differences in the respective 8- over spell. The result shows that all the physiological variables were significantly changed during a longduration of bowling spell. And no significant difference was found on bowling Performance variable ball accuracy during the 8-over spell on cricket pace bowling performance. It may be concluded that a district level pace bowler can bowl constant 8- over bowling spell at a stretch in practice session in West Bengal environment conditions.