Lumbar bone mineral asymmetry in elite cricket fast bowlers by Peter Alway, Nicholas Peirce, Mark King, Robert Jardine, Katherine Brooke-Wavell

“…Such localised adaptation has not been demonstrated at the spine. The aim of this study is to determine if BMD and/or bone mineral content (BMC) differs between dominant (ipsilateral to bowling/throwing arm) and non-dominant sides of the vertebrae in cricket fast bowlers, and whether this asymmetry differs according to stress fracture or disc injury history. …”
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Lumbar bone stress injuries and risk factors in adolescent cricket fast bowlers by Laura Keylock, Peter Alway, Paul Felton, Steve McCaig, Katherine Brooke-Wavell, Mark King, Nicholas Peirce

“…This study aimed to examine the incidence of LBSI in adolescent fast bowlers over a prospective study and potential risk factors. …”
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Lumbar spine bone mineral adaptation: cricket fast bowlers versus controls by Laura Keylock, Peter Alway, Will Johnson, Nicola Crabtree, Mark King, Nicholas Peirce, Katherine Brooke-Wavell

“…Elite adult male fast bowlers have high lumbar spine bone mineral, particularly on the contralateral side to their bowling arm. …”
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Lumbar vertebral adaptation and bone stress injury in adolescent cricket fast bowlers by Laura Keylock

“…Cricket fast bowling generates substantial tri-planar trunk movement and ground reaction forces (GRF), and senior fast bowlers (FB) show marked lumbar spine bone mineral adaptation, specifically on the contralateral (CL) side of the vertebrae to their bowling arm, along with a high prevelance of lumbar bone stress injuries. …”
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Auto detecting deliveries in elite cricket fast bowlers using microsensors and machine learning by Hannah Jowitt, Jérôme Durussel, Raphael Brandon, Mark King

“…Cricket fast bowlers are at a high risk of injury occurrence, which has previously been shown to be correlated to bowling workloads. …”
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The influence of cricket fast bowlers’ front leg technique on peak ground reaction forces by Peter J. Worthington, Mark King, Craig A. Ranson

“…High ground reaction forces during the front foot contact phase of the bowling action are believed to be a major contributor to the high prevalence of lumbar stress fractures in fast bowlers. This study aimed to investigate the influence of front leg technique on peak ground reaction forces during the delivery stride. …”
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Supplementary information files for Lumbar bone stress injuries and risk factors in adolescent cricket fast bowlers by Laura Keylock, Peter Alway, Paul Felton, Steve McCaig, Katherine Brooke-Wavell, Mark King, Nicholas Peirce

“…This has not been sufficiently explained by risk factors identified in adult players. This study aimed to examine the incidence of LBSI in adolescent fast bowlers over a prospective study and potential risk factors. …”
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Incidence and prevalence of lumbar stress fracture in English County Cricket fast bowlers, association with bowling workload and seasonal variation by Peter Alway, Katherine Brooke-Wavell, Ben Langley, Mark King, Nicholas Peirce

“…Objectives Since much of the previous epidemiological research into lumbar stress fracture was conducted, there has been a marked increase in the amount of cricket being played. The aims were to determine the incidence and prevalence of lumbar stress fracture in English County Cricket fast bowlers between 2010 and 2016, determine the association with match bowling workload and observe seasonal variation in workload and injury. …”
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Activity specific areal bone mineral density is reduced in athletes with stress fracture and requires profound recovery time: A study of lumbar stress fracture in elite cricket fast bowlers by Pete Alway, Nicholas Peirce, Will Johnson, Mark King, Robert Kerslake, Katherine Brooke-Wavell

“…Objectives: The aims of this study were to determine whether lumbar areal bone mineral density differed between cricket fast bowlers with and without lumbar stress fracture, and whether bone mineral density trajectories differed between groups during rehabilitation.  …”
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Developing a pedagogical model for health-based Physical Education by Mark T. Bowler

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Supplementary information files for Activity specific areal bone mineral density is reduced in athletes with stress fracture and requires profound recovery time: A study of lumbar stress fracture in elite cricket fast bowlers by Alway, Pete, Nicholas Peirce, Will Johnson, Mark King, Robert Kerslake, Katherine Brooke-Wavell

“…Supplementary information for article Activity specific areal bone mineral density is reduced in athletes with stress fracture and requires profound recovery time: A study of lumbar stress fracture in elite cricket fast bowlers   Objectives: The aims of this study were to determine whether lumbar areal bone mineral density differed between cricket fast bowlers with and without lumbar stress fracture, and whether bone mineral density trajectories differed between groups during rehabilitation.  …”
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The effects of different delivery methods on the movement kinematics of elite cricket batsmen in repeated front foot drives by Chris Peploe, Mark King, Andy Harland

“…The aim of this paper was to examine differences in delivery characteristics and the resulting response exhibited by ten elite cricket batsmen when hitting repeated front foot drives against three different ball delivery methods; a bowling machine, a Sidearm™ ball thrower and a bowler. …”
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Factors limiting fast bowling performance in cricket by Paul Felton

“…Torque generators were included at the MTP, ankle and knee joints on the front leg, both hip and shoulder joints, and the elbow and wrist joints on the bowling arm. …”
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The kinematics of batting against fast bowling in cricket by Chris Peploe

“…Key events and kinematic parameters were defined, and used to produce detailed biomechanical descriptions of the forward drive and pull shots. A curve fitting methodology was developed and validated to determine the impact location of the ball on the bat face, and used to investigate the effects of impact location on shot outcome during a range hitting task. …”
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No ball! The effect of task-switching on expert umpire leg-before-wicket judgments by Pravinath Ramachandran, Matt Watts, Robin Jackson, Spencer J. Hayes, Joe Causer

“…Dependent variables were as follows: radial error (cm), final fixation duration (ms), pre-impact duration (ms), post-impact dwell time (ms), number of fixations, average fixation duration (ms) and final fixation location (%). …”
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Relationships between fast bowling technique and ball release speed in cricket by Peter J. Worthington, Mark King, Craig A. Ranson

“…The aim of this study was to identify the key aspects of technique that characterize the fastest bowlers. …”
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Bone health and asymmetry in elite female cricketers by Pete Alway, Thamindu Wedatilake, Nicholas Peirce, Anna Warren, Mark King, Katherine Brooke-Wavell

“…The aim of this study is to determine if bone mineral density (BMD) and bone asymmetry differs between female cricket fast bowlers, spin bowlers and batters. …”
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Cricket fast bowling technique and lumbar bone stress injury by Pete Alway, Paul Felton, Katherine Brooke-Wavell, Nicholas Peirce, Mark King

“…While fast bowling technique has been implicated in the aetiology of LBSI, no previous study has attempted to prospectively analyse fast bowling technique and its relationship to LBSI. The aim of this study was to explore technique differences between elite cricket fast bowlers with and without subsequent LBSI. …”
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Validation of a technical intervention to correct an illegal bowling action using a smart cricket ball by Franz Konstantin Fuss, Batdelger Doljin, René E D Ferdinands

“…Hence, the aim of this study was to use the smart cricket ball to determine the effectiveness of the technical interventions to correct the illegal bowling actions of finger-spin bowlers.   …”
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The effect of coaching intervention on elite fast bowling technique over a two year period by Craig A. Ranson, Mark King, Angus F. Burnett, Peter J. Worthington, Kevin Shine

“…Fast bowling in cricket is an activity that is well recognised as having high injury prevalence and there has been debate regarding the most effective fast bowling technique. The aim of this study was to determine whether two-year coaching interventions conducted in a group of elite young fast bowlers resulted in fast bowling technique alteration. …”
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Kinematic parameters contributing to the production of spin in elite finger spin bowling by L. Sanders, Paul Felton, Mark King

“…Other kinematic parameters correlated with spin rate included: shoulder orientation at ball release (r = 0.462, p = 0.027), and pelvis-shoulder separation angle at front foot contact (r = 0.521, p = 0.011). The bowlers with the highest spin rates adopted a mid-way pelvis orientation angle, a larger pelvis-shoulder separation angle and a shoulder orientation short of side-on at front foot contact. …”
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Fast bowling kinematics associated with ball release speed. An integrated data-science approach by Shruti Bhandurge, Pete Alway, Sam Allen, Glen Blenkinsop, Andrew Lowe, Mark King

“…Engineering of Sport 15 - Proceedings from the 15th International Conference on the Engineering of Sport (ISEA 2024) Experimental research has widely investigated biomechanical variables associated with ball release speed (BRS) of fast bowlers. Outcomes of these investigations have identified that several variables have inconsistent associations with high BRS. …”
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Differences in cricket fast bowling kinematics between grass and artificial surface pitches by Peter Alway, Paul Felton, Iain James, Mark King, Stuart McErlain-Naylor

“…It is unknown if technique differs between the different surfaces; therefore, the aim of this study was to explore if fast bowling technique differed between surfaces. …”
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Lumbar bone mineral adaptation: the effect of fast bowling technique in adolescent cricketers by Laura Keylock, Paul Felton, Pete Alway, Katherine Brooke-Wavell, Nicholas Peirce, Mark King

“…No study has investigated this in adolescents, or the role of fast bowling technique on lumbar BMD adaptation. This study aims to investigate lumbar BMD adaptation in adolescent cricket fast bowlers, and its relationship with fast bowling technique.  …”
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Does maximising ball speed in cricket fast bowling necessitate higher ground reaction forces? by Mark King, Peter J. Worthington, Craig A. Ranson

“…This study aimed to investigate whether high peak ground reaction forces and high average loading rates are necessary to bowl fast. …”
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An assessment of the mechanics of protected and unprotected head impacts in cricket using representative impact conditions and a sport-specific anthropomorphic test device by Ben Stone

“…As a result of the resonance frequency excitation, the LU and NOCSAE headforms produced higher peak resultant linear acceleration, impulse, head injury criteria (HIC), maximum angular velocity and brain injury criteria (BrIC) values, in addition to longer contact times. …”
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