Sport Science Sport Medicine Unit, Cricket Australia, Center of Excellence, Albion, Queensland, Australia.
J Strength Cond Res. 2011 May;25(5):1368-73. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181da7899.
Physical demands of cricket presumably vary by both game format and performance level. Differences in player movement patterns between 2 game formats (1 day and multiday) and 2 levels of elite performance (state and international) were quantified with global positioning system technology. Five movement categories were established, and 15 movement pattern variables were reported. Data from state (n = 42, 200 files) and international (n = 12, 63 files) cricketers were scaled to hourly values to compare movement demands. Cricketers generally covered similar distances in both formats, except for state 1-day fielders who covered moderately greater distance (~0.7 km·h⁻¹ more; 21 ± 8%; mean ± 90% confidence interval) than state multiday (first-class) fielders. State 1-day cricketers also covered small to moderately greater distances (running 41 ± 13%; striding 38 ± 16%; sprinting 39 ± 36%) in the faster movement patterns and consequently had moderately less recovery time (13-67%) between high-intensity efforts as first-class cricketers. Comparisons of movements between performance levels revealed similar total distances between state and international cricketers. However, Test fielders covered moderately greater (29-48%) distances at the higher-intensity movement patterns (running, striding, and sprinting) than first-class fielders. In summary, although movement patterns were broadly similar between formats and levels, it appears that one day cricket (compared with multiday games) and test matches (compared with state-level competition) require more higher-intensity running. Conditioning coaches should train state and international 1-day cricket players similarly, but should account for the higher physical demands of international multiday cricket.
板球的身体需求可能因比赛形式和表现水平而异。使用全球定位系统技术量化了两种比赛形式（一天制和多日制）和两种精英表现水平（州和国际）之间球员运动模式的差异。确定了五个运动类别，并报告了 15 个运动模式变量。将来自州（n=42，200 个文件）和国际（n=12，63 个文件）板球运动员的数据按小时进行了缩放，以比较运动需求。除了州 1 天外场球员覆盖的距离稍长（~0.7km·h-1，21±8%；平均值±90%置信区间）之外，板球运动员在两种形式下通常覆盖相似的距离多日（一流）外场球员。州 1 天的板球运动员在更快的运动模式下也覆盖了稍长或中等距离（跑步 41±13%；跨步 38±16%；冲刺 39±36%），因此作为一流板球运动员的高强度努力之间的恢复时间稍长（13-67%）。在表现水平之间的运动比较中，发现州和国际板球运动员的总距离相似。然而，测试外场球员在高强度运动模式（跑步、跨步和冲刺）中覆盖的距离稍长（29-48%），比一流外场球员长。总之，尽管格式和水平之间的运动模式大致相似，但似乎一天制板球（与多日比赛相比）和测试比赛（与州级比赛相比）需要更多的高强度跑步。体能教练应该以相似的方式训练州和国际 1 天板球运动员，但应考虑到国际多日板球的更高身体要求。
