Analysis of Cricket Ball Type and Innings on State Level Cricket Batter’s Performance

Frontiers in Psychology

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Jonathan Douglas Connor¹  Anthony S. Leicht¹  Kenji Doma¹ 

[1] Sport and Exercise Science, James Cook University

关键词: cricket batting;    performance analysis;    constraints;    ecological dynamics;    coaching;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02347

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: The aim of this investigation was to compare the type of cricket balls utilized and innings on cricket batting performance in the First-Class Australian competition. Methods: Batting performance measures of 43 state level cricket batters were collected from two seasons of the Sheffield shield tournament ( N = 60 games) that incorporated both Kookaburra ™ ( n = 30 games) and Duke ™ ( n = 30 games) cricket balls. Results: First-innings batting performances were significantly greater for the average number of runs scored (37.5 ± 13.4 vs. 31.2 ± 11.3), balls faced (60.7 ± 26.2 vs. 49.9 ± 23.6), boundary 4s (3.8 ± 1.9 vs. 2.9 ± 1.4), and boundary 6s (0.2 ± 0.3 vs. 0.1 ± 0.3) scored per game ( p 0.05). However, significantly more wickets were taken by pace bowlers during Duke ™ ball games (85.0 ± 12.8 vs. 76.4 ± 13.9%), while relatively more wickets were taken by spin bowlers during Kookaburra ™ ball games (14.2 ± 12.5 vs. 22.0 ± 14.1%; p < 0.05). Conclusions: Cricket batting performance was comparable in games involving the Kookaburra ™ or Duke ™ ball. However, pace bowlers were more successful transferring their skill to the Duke ™ ball, while spin bowlers were more successful with the KB ™ ball. Subsequently, batters may be able to effectively adapt their movement technique, and transfer their skill to the Duke ™ ball conditions. Future research is suggested to examine the influence of the cricket playing surface’s deterioration on cricket batter’s interceptive performance.

【 授权许可】

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