Abstract
Cricket has over the years gained much popularity in Asia, thus the number of cricket players has also grown in tandem. However, cricket players are not as fortunate as other athletes as they do not always have a standard cricket infrastructure to practice; therefore, the injury prevalence is expected to be high. Unfortunately, very few studies have been conducted to investigate the nature and pattern of cricket injuries prevalent to cricketers in this region. Therefore, a prospective cohort injury surveillance study was conducted during the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under-19 Elite Cup held in June 2013 in order to gather more data on the type of injuries sustained by cricket players. Overall, 31 injuries occurred to 28 players throughout the tournament, of which 7 injuries happened during practice sessions. The overall injury incidence rate (IIR) was 292.0 per 10,000 player hours (95% CI 176.9–407.1) and 10.4 per 10,000 balls faced and 2.6 per 1000 overs bowled delivered during batting and bowling, respectively. Injuries to the lower limb (IIR: 146; 95% CI 1.8–98.2) were the most frequent, followed by injuries to the upper limb (97.3;95% CI 30.2–164.5) and to the trunk and back (IIR: 36.5;95% CI 0.0–77.7). Sprain/strains (IIR 109.5;95% CI 38.4–180.7) to muscle/tendon and joint/ligament were the most commonly reported nature of injury.This is the first study investigating injury incidence among the players of the ACC. It provides an overview of injuries sustained by elite players' under-19 years of age from10 Asian countries. The overall IIR is similar to earlier studies conducted in well-established cricket playing nations.
Highlights
Since the introduction of the First Limited Overs cricket in 1963, the sport has become more vibrant, and currently cricket is one of the most popular played sports in Australia, England, in the Indian subcontinent, the West Indies and South Africa
The overall injury incidence rate was 292.0 per 10,000 player hours
There was no significant relationship found between the incidence rate (IIR) and the demographic characteristics; age (p.0.05), Body Mass Index (BMI) (p.0.05) and experiences (p.0.05)
Summary
Since the introduction of the First Limited Overs cricket in 1963, the sport has become more vibrant, and currently cricket is one of the most popular played sports in Australia, England, in the Indian subcontinent, the West Indies and South Africa. Following the establishment of the consensus, the overall injury incidence rate (IIR) in One Day International (ODI) were reported to be 32.1, 51.6, 40.6 and 90/10,000 player hours in Australia [5,6], New Zealand [7], South Africa [8] and West Indies [9], respectively. Injury incidence rates were found to be higher at the international game than on the domestic format [7,9]. These studies reported only time-loss injuries, which corresponds to the consensus of international injury definition in cricket [4]
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