Negative association between injuries and team success in professional cricket: A 9-year prospective cohort analysis

Objectives To examine the relationship between injuries and team success in professional cricket. Design Prospective cohort analysis. Methods A prospective of all match time-loss County Championship point tallies for nine seasons (from 2010 to 2018 inclusive) 18 First-Class Cricket (FCCC) cricket teams England Wales. Two injury measures incidence burden were assessed within-team (linear mixed model on season-to-season changes) between-team (correlation differences averaged over seasons) effects. league points tally was used as measure success. Results moderate negative correlation found performance (r = ?0.36; 90% CI ?0.66 0.05; likely negative, P 0.15). reduction 2 per 1000 days play (90% 1.4–2.9, 0.10) within a team, or 75 50–109, 0.053) any given season associated with smallest worthwhile change (+13 points) Division 1, but not 2. Conclusion Moderate reductions are potentially effects domestic 1.