Archer is out for the season after another setback.
Is that two full seasons he’s been out for? I really think root overbowled him when he broke through
Last game he played for England was in March last year and apart from a couple of games for Sussex in May/July that is it. He's centrally contracted and was given an IPL contract despite not being fit to play such was the desire by his franchise to retain him.
Yet another England bowler with back issues - another stress fracture
It does beg the question of how Jimmy and Broady have managed to play for so long without endless injury concerns
Tbf england coaches almost wrecked jimmy’s body too. He was out for a year or two after they decided to rework his natural action which… led to him having a back stress fracture! After that he went back to something that worked, and has looked after himself. Iirc Leicestershire were very good about looking after broad and managing his workload at the beginning of his career.
England need to sort out their S&C programmes. Stupid number of stress fracture in bowlers. Too worried about numbers in the gym and not player welfare
England need to sort out their S&C programmes. Stupid number of stress fracture in bowlers. Too worried about numbers in the gym and not player welfare
I think that's a very good point. How do you get a stress fracture when you're not bowling a ball in anger and surely the S & C coaches are constantly monitoring any given situation? As Botham says, in the old days, players got fit bowling and didn't have anywhere near the number of injuries fast bowlers do nowadays. Is it that quest to build supreme athletes that can bowl a couple of miles quicker as a result?
England need to sort out their S&C programmes. Stupid number of stress fracture in bowlers. Too worried about numbers in the gym and not player welfare
I think that's a very good point. How do you get a stress fracture when you're not bowling a ball in anger and surely the S & C coaches are constantly monitoring any given situation? As Botham says, in the old days, players got fit bowling and didn't have anywhere near the number of injuries fast bowlers do nowadays. Is it that quest to build supreme athletes that can bowl a couple of miles quicker as a result?
no, i think they do. Plus fast bowlers back in those days would play through niggles which would wreak havoc on their bodies in later life. They'd also retire earlier for that reason. I think generally bowlers bowl longer, more intense spells than they did before.
England need to sort out their S&C programmes. Stupid number of stress fracture in bowlers. Too worried about numbers in the gym and not player welfare
I think that's a very good point. How do you get a stress fracture when you're not bowling a ball in anger and surely the S & C coaches are constantly monitoring any given situation? As Botham says, in the old days, players got fit bowling and didn't have anywhere near the number of injuries fast bowlers do nowadays. Is it that quest to build supreme athletes that can bowl a couple of miles quicker as a result?
no, i think they do. Plus fast bowlers back in those days would play through niggles which would wreak havoc on their bodies in later life. They'd also retire earlier for that reason. I think generally bowlers bowl longer, more intense spells than they did before.
I don't think it is true that fast bowlers retired earlier years ago, they had no central contracts then, they would play a test match and straight back to county cricket, they got there fitness by bowling never went into a gym, I grew up watching Trueman and Statham who played for years, Snow, Willis Botham and so on all had long careers most of the old faster bowlers would have played much more county cricket.
England need to sort out their S&C programmes. Stupid number of stress fracture in bowlers. Too worried about numbers in the gym and not player welfare
I think that's a very good point. How do you get a stress fracture when you're not bowling a ball in anger and surely the S & C coaches are constantly monitoring any given situation? As Botham says, in the old days, players got fit bowling and didn't have anywhere near the number of injuries fast bowlers do nowadays. Is it that quest to build supreme athletes that can bowl a couple of miles quicker as a result?
no, i think they do. Plus fast bowlers back in those days would play through niggles which would wreak havoc on their bodies in later life. They'd also retire earlier for that reason. I think generally bowlers bowl longer, more intense spells than they did before.
I don't think it is true that fast bowlers retired earlier years ago, they had no central contracts then, they would play a test match and straight back to county cricket, they got there fitness by bowling never went into a gym, I grew up watching Trueman and Statham who played for years, Snow, Willis Botham and so on all had long careers most of the old faster bowlers would have played much more county cricket.
but they didn't maintain their pace throughout their careers did they? Botham especially turned into a real trundler in his later years.
England need to sort out their S&C programmes. Stupid number of stress fracture in bowlers. Too worried about numbers in the gym and not player welfare
I think that's a very good point. How do you get a stress fracture when you're not bowling a ball in anger and surely the S & C coaches are constantly monitoring any given situation? As Botham says, in the old days, players got fit bowling and didn't have anywhere near the number of injuries fast bowlers do nowadays. Is it that quest to build supreme athletes that can bowl a couple of miles quicker as a result?
no, i think they do. Plus fast bowlers back in those days would play through niggles which would wreak havoc on their bodies in later life. They'd also retire earlier for that reason. I think generally bowlers bowl longer, more intense spells than they did before.
When I was in the Caribbean some of the warm up the bowlers were doing were very intense. Mahmood was jumping over mini hurdles, catching a medicine ball in mid-air and slamming the ball down. I've not got the first clue about S&C but that must put a lot of strain on the lower back and add unnecessary miles to the clock
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England need to sort out their S&C programmes. Stupid number of stress fracture in bowlers. Too worried about numbers in the gym and not player welfare
I think that's a very good point. How do you get a stress fracture when you're not bowling a ball in anger and surely the S & C coaches are constantly monitoring any given situation? As Botham says, in the old days, players got fit bowling and didn't have anywhere near the number of injuries fast bowlers do nowadays. Is it that quest to build supreme athletes that can bowl a couple of miles quicker as a result?
no, i think they do. Plus fast bowlers back in those days would play through niggles which would wreak havoc on their bodies in later life. They'd also retire earlier for that reason. I think generally bowlers bowl longer, more intense spells than they did before.
I don't think it is true that fast bowlers retired earlier years ago, they had no central contracts then, they would play a test match and straight back to county cricket, they got there fitness by bowling never went into a gym, I grew up watching Trueman and Statham who played for years, Snow, Willis Botham and so on all had long careers most of the old faster bowlers would have played much more county cricket.
They weren’t exposed to the stresses of limited overs cricket though Johnny. I used to marvel at the fitness of Bob Willis with his run-up two thirds of the way to the boundary. Richard Hadlee abandoned his long run up and was just as successful off a shorter run.
England need to sort out their S&C programmes. Stupid number of stress fracture in bowlers. Too worried about numbers in the gym and not player welfare
I think that's a very good point. How do you get a stress fracture when you're not bowling a ball in anger and surely the S & C coaches are constantly monitoring any given situation? As Botham says, in the old days, players got fit bowling and didn't have anywhere near the number of injuries fast bowlers do nowadays. Is it that quest to build supreme athletes that can bowl a couple of miles quicker as a result?
no, i think they do. Plus fast bowlers back in those days would play through niggles which would wreak havoc on their bodies in later life. They'd also retire earlier for that reason. I think generally bowlers bowl longer, more intense spells than they did before.
I don't think it is true that fast bowlers retired earlier years ago, they had no central contracts then, they would play a test match and straight back to county cricket, they got there fitness by bowling never went into a gym, I grew up watching Trueman and Statham who played for years, Snow, Willis Botham and so on all had long careers most of the old faster bowlers would have played much more county cricket.
They weren’t exposed to the stresses of limited overs cricket though Johnny. I used to marvel at the fitness of Bob Willis with his run-up two thirds of the way to the boundary. Richard Hadlee abandoned his long run up and was just as successful off a shorter run.
Limited overs cricket has been played in county cricket for 60 years, starting with the Gillette cup which started as 65 overs per side, when Sunday league started at 40 overs a side, teams would start a 3 day county game on a Saturday, then could have to travel to play a different county on a Sunday league, then travel back to play the last 2 days of the county and those days most of the worlds top cricketers played in county cricket.
The following 12 of non Blast players have been selected to play against NZ in a warm up game for the tourists starting on Thursday
County Select XI squad: Jack Blatherwick (Lancashire), Michael Burgess (Warwickshire), Ben Compton (Kent), Ben Gibbon (Worcestershire), Nick Gubbins (Hampshire), Tom Haines (Sussex), Lyndon James (Nottinghamshire), Ryan Patel (Surrey), Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire), Jamie Porter (Essex), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire).
whoever is playing the vine this weekend has had a lucky escape !
Compton only made 18 on his debut for them. It's a lot harder scoring runs in the KPL against decent bowling attacks (most have at least one current professionally contracted bowler - when they are all available Bexley, for example, have five bowlers who have played First Class cricket of which two are current pros) on tracks where you can't play shots with certainty.
Good day for the Porter family connections on here and for Kent fans too - Jamie returned figures of 10-2-31-5 against NZ yesterday and Ben Compton currently sits on 56 (145) out of a score of 112-1 and has outscored his opening partner, Sibley, in both innings.
The First Class Counties side require another 152 runs to win the game and Compton currently has 973 runs to his name, more than any other player in the country, so he could reach the 1,000 mark today and before the end of May - an incredible achievement considering, at the age of 28, this is the first time he has been given a proper opportunity as a pro.
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It does beg the question of how Jimmy and Broady have managed to play for so long without endless injury concerns
just see Stokes in the nets
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County Select XI squad: Jack Blatherwick (Lancashire), Michael Burgess (Warwickshire), Ben Compton (Kent), Ben Gibbon (Worcestershire), Nick Gubbins (Hampshire), Tom Haines (Sussex), Lyndon James (Nottinghamshire), Ryan Patel (Surrey), Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire), Jamie Porter (Essex), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire).
Becoming a recurring theme.
Anderson and Broad will have to play until they are 50 at this rate.
The First Class Counties side require another 152 runs to win the game and Compton currently has 973 runs to his name, more than any other player in the country, so he could reach the 1,000 mark today and before the end of May - an incredible achievement considering, at the age of 28, this is the first time he has been given a proper opportunity as a pro.