Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Well most people here don't watch women cricket enough to make such a team.
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CWC 23 Fat XI
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As a professional athlete in this day and age regardless of your skill level the least you can do is maintain your fitness. It's like the bare minimum. If you can't do that just do any other 9-5 job like the rest of us and grow a beer belly no one cares. Most of these players at least the ones playing for established teams receive really nice paychecks.
It's their job to maintain their fitness that's what they're getting paid for. You would expect a maths teacher to know basic maths
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Their job is to play cricket.
Which requires them to be a professional and look after their fitness. Being unfit has so many disadvantages - you will be a **** fielder, high probability to get injured, not able to contribute through fatigue due to lack of stamina etc.
Shri
Mr. Glass
You can take it easy and name the Pakistani xi instead of thinking so hard
Name and shame them.
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
None of that matters if they can meet the requirements of the team they play for.
And? They're still unprofessional if they can't maintain basic fitness. That's a bare minimum as a sportsperson
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
That's just really your opinion and has nothing to do with whether they meet actual requirements of the teams they play for.
Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
I recall the Samit Patel issue for England quite a while ago. It wasn't popular with many Nottinghamshire fans, but when he showed up in an early 2009 county game shown on TV, you could see why England had dropped him from their ODI tour of Wndies. He really was very short of the standards that you might expect for a professional sportsman and was visibly blowing after running between the wickets. Sure, you don't expect non-pace bowlers* to necessarily have similar fitness standards to professional footballers (for example), but batters need to be able to run between wickets and have enough stamina to continue to do so throughout their innings. This is particularly important in the hot weather that you are likely to encounter in India. Also, I guess that teams will require high fielding standards and it makes no sense if it is compromised by not being as fit as you can reasonably expect. Of course, it might be a good bit harder for say Afghan and Netherlands representatives to be of the same fitness standards as the fully professional sides, but you can understand that.
* I think it is obvious that you need real fitness to bowl quick, especially the elite fast bowlers who are generating much above 140kph on a regular basis.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
They wouldn't have lost in India.
Not my opinion - that's the universal truth. Bad fitness will impact a players longevity and will not be able to contribute to the team as much as they should. They're doing a disservice to the team and themselves.
Zinzan
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If he is in good shape I've never seen such a slug in the field. When he was chasing that first ball in the England/SL match I was wondering who the heck it was to start with before realising it was Mathews being recalled. I'd wager my 70 year old father would give him a decent challenge in a 30 meter sprint.
TheJediBrah
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This would be a difficult task for reasons that I'm not going to say because I'd be cancelled
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah, Australia should have kicked SK Warne to the curb with his love for the pies and ciggies.
If you can play you can play mate......if weight and fitness are impeding them they don't get picked.
Kenneth Viljoen
International Regular
You can have messed up knees , bad hamstrings etc that can prevent you from being a fast runner ,I think a 36 year old player is not usually going to be rapid , besides he still bowls , can still hit a cricket ball miles , lifts weights in the gym ..i think he's doing all right .