Prince EWS
Global Moderator
He thinks you're lying obviously.
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Big Bash League 2014/15
- Thread starter brockley
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Coronis
International Coach
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Ah for a simpler time in the mind of Cribbage where 'John Locke' meant that dude.
Hamish Bennett, Adam Milne, Shane Bond etc all say hi.
Renegades sign Ben Stokes
Stokes replaces Ryder.
Stokes replaces Ryder.
SeamUp
International Coach
Fair point boys. Probably your senior bowlers have been effected more than most as well. Thinking Allott, Nash etc too before them.
In Australia it has been Paris, Pattinson, Hazlewood, Cummins. Think Bird struggled in his younger days. Harris ?
England have had Topley, Curran, J. Overton, Mills, Wood, Dunn all had recent injuries.
In SA B. Hendricks, Parnell, Savage, Kirsten, Dupavillon (less serious), Engelbrecht, Dry, Morris, Viljoen, de Lange and even someone as young as Galiem have had some lengthy injuries in recent times. Trying to think, only really Brett Schultz and Mfuneko Ngam have had their careers ruined by injury who were freakeshly good for us.
Worldwide we've got more genuinely quick, young bowlers of serious quality rolling around than at any other time in history. I don't think it's especially surprising that they're getting injured.
IIRC Channel 9 looked at balls delivered in Tests by the age of 23, and Mitchell Starc was running second only to Bruce Reid (who himself was notoriously injury prone). Pattinson was in the list too, I believe.
Look over the last 30-odd years of quick bowlers to represent Australia. Out of those who debuted young, the extreme majority had injury issues until they matured. Craig McDermott never really got over them, neither did Reid. Jason Gillespie was always injured too, and Brett Lee wasn't exactly a shining beacon of fitness in his younger years. Even McGrath missed a significant period of time when he was young, IIRC.
Fast bowlers get injured, and they get injured more when they're young. More young bowlers bowling fast = more young bowlers getting injured.
IIRC Channel 9 looked at balls delivered in Tests by the age of 23, and Mitchell Starc was running second only to Bruce Reid (who himself was notoriously injury prone). Pattinson was in the list too, I believe.
Look over the last 30-odd years of quick bowlers to represent Australia. Out of those who debuted young, the extreme majority had injury issues until they matured. Craig McDermott never really got over them, neither did Reid. Jason Gillespie was always injured too, and Brett Lee wasn't exactly a shining beacon of fitness in his younger years. Even McGrath missed a significant period of time when he was young, IIRC.
Fast bowlers get injured, and they get injured more when they're young. More young bowlers bowling fast = more young bowlers getting injured.
Riggins
International Captain
I also think a surprising/worrying number of injuries would have just not been diagnosed/understood in the good ol' days. In much the same way as issues surrounding concussion in the various football codes are only just starting to be properly understood, cricket related injuries like stress fractures and hot spots etc. would have been unknowns. Guys would have just ended up playing through them, and probably played pretty ****, getting dropped or what not due to bad form (from playing at less than peak physical capacity).
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
He'll be in the **** with that "**** me comment"