Michael McGuigan Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Cricket; Performance, Fielding, Wicket-keepers, One Day International Cricket
School of Exercise and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
I am Michael McGuigan, belonging to School of Exercise and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia, interested in the field of Cricket; Performance, Fielding, Wicket-keepers, One Day International Cricket.
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Author(s): Danielle MacDonald, John Cronin, Michael McGuigan and Richard Stretch
A Survey of the Performance Demands of Cricket Fielding and Wicket-Keeping
Cricket is one of the most watched team sports in the world, largely due to its popularity in Commonwealth countries. It is a game that has three formats (Test, One Day, and Twenty20) and all players are required to bat and field, whereas only some players bowl. Despite the importance of cricket fielding in the context of the game, there is a paucity of peer-reviewed research investigating fielding compared to the other components of the game. The only study which has investigated fielding skills with respect to position acknowledged the wicket-keeper as a specialist position within the fie... view moreĀ»