Cricket

[leon]

Terry Alderman’s shoulder?

Didn't he injure it tackling pitch invader?

 

[royce67]

"I think there's something wrong with Mahanama, Rod."
"I dunno, Bill. Seems a pretty appropriate place for it to me."

Definitely a job for the scrotometer.

 

[royce67]

Yep, it's a fascinating area of the game, with so many little biomechanical twists and turns having such a huge impact on performance and durability.

The journey of Pat Cummins is a good example. When you look at his early action it was very young Gillespie like, with the huge leap and whip of the arm. The problem with that is it tends to create tilt in the upper body which puts enormous pressure on the back.

If you look at Cummins 2.0 he has adopted more of the McGrath and later Gillespie, lower delivery stride which goes wide to narrow in terms of the pitch, which the biomechanists suggest creates an opposing force to reduce that tendency to tilt, which brings them over their front leg in a more vertical way, much better for the back.

I don't know for sure but I'm assuming those changes are a result of learnings made in the early 2000s at the AIS when the boys suited up in those motion suits with the balls all over them and we collected a mountain of data on the movements fast bowlers make.

I'd love to see where that work has got to now, the workload stuff is obviously a big part of it nowadays as well.

I remember a few other quicks that had cruel back injuries. Rod McCurdy, Alan Hurst, Duncan Spencer (eff he was real quick) even Rodney Hogg for a bit.

 

[DavidSSS]

Don't remember Thompson getting injured, mind you a long time ago, but that action of his may have been less stressful. Difficult action to get right though.

DS

 

[Wildride]

I remember a few other quicks that had cruel back injuries. Rod McCurdy, Alan Hurst, Duncan Spencer (eff he was real quick) even Rodney Hogg for a bit.

Can vouch for Duncan Spencer being quick - I remember facing him off a few steps in the nets and he was still too quick for me.

 

[tigertim]

Marcus Harris tipped to play the BD test. Say it ain’t so.

 

[CarnTheTiges]

Marcus Harris tipped to play the BD test. Say it ain’t so.

I’d prefer he not, but who replaces him? We really don’t have another viable opener in the squad. Khawaja maybe.

 

[backpocketplumber]

I actually like to post in the nude.

Some form of training for your backwards walk to WA?

 

[Willo]

I thought we'd all agreed to not mention that one until it fades away??????????

#votemcgowan

No we didn’t
WA opens Feb 5. So you’d better get some training in.

 

[tigerman]

Thanks royce, I enjoyed that.

 

[leon]

Don't remember Thompson getting injured, mind you a long time ago, but that action of his may have been less stressful. Difficult action to get right though.

DS

Yes, possibly a less stressful action but seems like an incredible 'catapult-like' wrench for delivery. Still, no-one has ever been able to reproduce Thommo's incredible action fully. Maybe Malinga for Sri Lanka a touch similar.

 

[leon]

Thanks royce, I enjoyed that.

What part did you enjoy? He sure didn't enjoy any of it!

 

[DavidSSS]

Yes, possibly a less stressful action but seems like an incredible 'catapult-like' wrench for delivery. Still, no-one has ever been able to reproduce Thommo's incredible action fully. Maybe Malinga for Sri Lanka a touch similar.

It sure was a wild action and when it didn't come off the ball could go anywhere. Damned fast though.

DS

 

[artball]

someone has probably said this but the Baggy Green are carrying Marcus Harris ...

great he's a lefty, but showing nothing ..

 

[tigerman]

someone has probably said this but the Baggy Green are carrying Marcus Harris ...

great he's a lefty, but showing nothing ..

I know of another leftie..............Shaun Marsh

 

[Panthera Tigris]

Yes, possibly a less stressful action but seems like an incredible 'catapult-like' wrench for delivery. Still, no-one has ever been able to reproduce Thommo's incredible action fully. Maybe Malinga for Sri Lanka a touch similar.

It sure was a wild action and when it didn't come off the ball could go anywhere. Damned fast though.

DS

Shaun Tait another with a half related kind of action. Looked like he near turned himself inside out at times to generate that bit of extra super speed. Although I believe he was one where it took a toll on his body.

 

[craig]

I know of another leftie..............Shaun Marsh

Better off having JL go out there.

 

[artball]

I know of another leftie..............Shaun Marsh

boom ..

 

[tigerman]

Better off having JL go out there.

Gilly would be better.

 

[TigerMasochist]

Don't remember Thompson getting injured, mind you a long time ago, but that action of his may have been less stressful. Difficult action to get right though.

DS

Yep. Thommo had probably the ideal action for a quick bowler as far as load n stress on the body went. Control at times was an entirely different matter though.