I wonder why players get injured more often these days compared to olden days. Sure, higher number of games played could be a factor but is it the only or main factor? Is the type of training also a factor? Cricketers these days train a lot on strength/weights which the previous generations didn't do. I wonder if being more injury prone is a drawback of all that strength and weight training? Maybe cricket needs a higher balance towards flexibility to go with the strength training? Interesting to see if there have been any studies or articles on this..
Well....there can be all the studies in the world going on but the more established traditional view(I'm not a bowler but I believe this 100 per cent)
There's being fit
There's being match fit.
The second is, as Buzz says, overs in the legs, training for bowling and getting your body used to bowling again the next day.
Modern day training,diets,conditioning and recovery is very much different from back in the 70 s or 80's.
Our two most successful bowlers in recent times, Broad and Anderson, need those overs and workload.i suspect but don't know, Ollie Robinson is the same.
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@Buzz mentions again in his post, we know one day cricket is the cash cow,but with no FC games in the best part of the summer, are the players being asked to do a job with one hand tied behind their backs?
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