Parasitism is a widespread and diverse life strategy that connects species throughout the animal kingdom. Female parasitoid flies of the genus Ormia must find a specific cricket host on which to deposit their parasitic maggots. To reproduce, female flies must perform the same task as female crickets: find a singing male cricket. These flies have evolved a unique hearing organ that allows them t...

Cricket has been historically significant in defining notions of English national identity and continues to feature in debates over the inclusion/exclusion of immigrants in British society. British-African-Caribbean players are well represented in the English game but participation appears mediated by ethnic group membership. This contemporary pattern can only be understood when contextualized ...

INTRODUCTION Whilst rare, stress fractures of the clavicle have been described in other sports. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a stress fracture of the clavicle occurring in a cricket fast bowler. CASE PRESENTATION A 23-year-old professional cricket fast bowler presented with activity related shoulder pain. Imaging demonstrated a stress fracture of the lateral third of t...

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a highly attended T20 cricket league founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) 2008. Valued at $6.7 billion 2019, IPL remains most popular cricketing event world, even amidst COVID-19 pandemic. beloved sport and enjoys significant media attention financial investment. With rise technology, audiences can access affordable live streaming matche...

We present a case of a torn pronator teres muscle of the right forearm that occurred following prolonged batting during recreational cricket. Previous reports of cricket injuries to batsmen describe phalanx fractures due to direct ball impact. However, we could find no prior reports of pronator teres or other upper-extremity muscle injury. Our patient demonstrated a high-grade tear to the prona...

This paper considers the determination of optimal team lineups in Twenty20 cricket where a lineup consists of three components: team selection, batting order and bowling order. Via match simulation, we estimate the expected runs scored minus the expected runs allowed for a given lineup. The lineup is then optimized over a vast combinatorial space via simulated annealing. We observe that the com...

Alternation and Synchronization behaviors between the sexual communications of insects, arise as a response to the female preference to ’leaders’. As a response to this, Pholidoptera griseoptera, the dark bush cricket, has developed an interesting response model of imperfect alternating and synchronizing, or psuedo-synchronizing (P-S), for gaining the lead in a chorus of chirps. This P-S behavi...

Female crickets can locate males by phonotaxis to the mating song they produce. The behaviour and underlying physiology has been studied in some depth showing that the cricket auditory system solves this complex problem in a unique manner. We present an analogue very large scale integrated (aVLSI) circuit model of this process and show that results from testing the circuit agree with simulation...

The sliding stop method of fielding in cricket is gaining popularity in schools and club cricket through its frequent exposure on television. The case history is reported of a cricketer who suffered a torn medial meniscus in his knee, a rare cricketing injury, while performing this technique incorrectly in a club game. The correct method of performing the technique is described in coaching manu...

Our goal is to develop an autonomous robot that will fit within a two-inch cube and will locomote by walking and jumping. The robot will be based on the kinematics of a cricket. It will be actuated by braided pneumatic actuators with compressed air provided by an onboard compressor. The air will be distributed by an array of actuated MEMS valves. A neural network will control the robot and it w...