mal wrote:
The injuries are one thing and debateable
But the overiding factor is 2 many series in 2 short a time for the players who are required to play in all the games
The players are the entertainers, the money spinners for the cricket boards
They need to be looked after instead of frolicking around the world on working holidays for the boards
from the list of players that have been injured recently:
ferguson doesnt play in all forms, not an overuse injury anyway
bracken doesnt play the test matches or all the t20s
lee has hardly played anything recently
hopes doesnt play the test matches
henriques shouldnt have played in any of them
paine, haddin - injuries do to their error
clarke - back is always vulnerable - he is probably better off playing all the time as apparantly the flight was what made his injury as bad
siddle is probably a little to do with the amount he has bowled recently but also because its teh first time in his life he has had this continual workload
if you look at the players who have probably playe dteh most days cricket in this period they are ponting hussey and johnson - all of them are still on tour and although johnson has a bit of a niggle that is expected from fast bowlers.
so maybe the problem isnt the amount of cricket these players are playing its how they are being treated/ managing their bodies when they raent playing that is more the issue.
another question would be when did errol allcott leave teh australian team and what has teh injury record been like since he left - maybe that is also a contributing factor
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