Abstract
Background: There is a limited amount of literature on thephysiological cost of batting. Of the studies that have beencompleted, most have used protocols that are of short durationand high intensity, and it has been questioned whether thisrepresents actual game play. Furthermore, it is difficult to studysports such as cricket due to the intermittent nature of the game.Objective: To determine the physiological responses of batsmenduring a simulated One Day International century.Methods: Seventeen male batsmen from the Rhodes UniversityCricket Club performed a simulated batting work bout knownas the BATEX© protocol. The protocol consisted of six, five oversstages, each lasting 21 minutes. Three of the stages (stages one,three and five) were low-intensity stages and the other three(stages two, four and six) were high-intensity stages. During thework bout selected physiological responses were recorded..Results: Heart rate (124±15-159±14 beats.min-1), oxygen uptake(29.3±6.1-43.4±6.3 ml.kg-1.min-1), energy expenditure (48.1±9.2-109.2±10.5 kJ.min-1) and core temperature (37.7±0.3-38.7±0.4 oC)responses all increased significantly (p<0.05) between stageone and stage six. The respiratory exchange ratio decreasedsignificantly (p<0.05) between stages one and six (0.90±0.19-0.89±0.37).Conclusions: Batting is more physically demanding thanoriginally thought, and as a result training programmes shouldconcentrate on simulating real match play situations to improveperformance and reduce the risk of injury.
Highlights
There is a limited amount of literature on the physiological cost of batting
Mean VO2 was 36.7 (±6.5) ml.kg‐1.min‐1, with the low intensity stages, expectedly, eliciting lower responses compared to the high intensity stages
Large effect sizes were observed between the different intensity stages (Stage one‐two ES=1.45, Stage three‐four ES=1.62, Stage five‐six ES=1.24 respectively)
Summary
Of the studies that have been completed, most have used protocols that are of short duration and high intensity, and it has been questioned whether this represents actual game play. Objective: To determine the physiological responses of batsmen during a simulated One Day International century. Methods: Seventeen male batsmen from the Rhodes University Cricket Club performed a simulated batting work bout known as the BATEX© protocol. During the work bout selected physiological responses were recorded. Results: Heart rate (124±15-159±14 beats.min-1), oxygen uptake (29.3±6.1-43.4±6.3 ml.kg-1.min-1), energy expenditure (48.1±9.2109.2±10.5 kJ.min-1) and core temperature (37.7±0.3-38.7±0.4 oC) responses all increased significantly (p
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