Quantifying positional movement patterns in Twenty20 cricket
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The time-motion characteristics of five cricket positions (Batsmen, Fast bowlers, Fielders, Spin bowlers, Wicketkeepers) were quantified during four State Twenty20 (T20) cricket matches. A total of 18 different players were monitored over 30 innings. Several time motion characteristics were quantified using portable 5Hz global positioning system (GPS) units. Descriptive statistics (mean ± SD) were used to describe the data while the effect size statistic was used to determine the magnitude of difference in patterns of movement between positions. T20 cricketers covered between 6.4 - 8.5 km, with 0.1 – 0.7 km of this distance spent sprinting during an 80 min fielding innings. Fast Bowlers covered 8.5 ± 1.5 km; sprinted 42 ± 8 times, mean sprint distance was 17 ± 2m and total sprinting distance was 0.7 ± 0.2 km. Wicketkeepers covered 6.4 ± 0.7 km; sprinted 5 ± 2 times, mean sprint distance was 10 ± 3m and total sprinting distance was 62 ± 44m. While batting (30 min) players covered ~2.5 km; sprinted 12 ± 5 times, mean sprint distance was 14 ± 3m and total sprinting distance was 160 ± 80m. Fast bowlers and fielders have substantially greater physical demands than spin bowlers and wicketkeepers in T20 cricket.
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Existing time-motion analysis literature provides insights into the physical demands of T20 cricket but does not describe movements and actions at a fielding position-specific level nor provide insight into tactical performance.
“While there is an existing body of literature involving time-motion analysis (Petersen et al., 2009;Petersen et al., 2010;Sholto-Douglas et al., 2020) which provides some interesting insights into the physical demands of T20 cricket, these findings do not describe movements and actions at a fielding position-specific level nor provide an insight into tactical performance.”
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- Authors
- Petersen, C., Pyne, D. B., Portus, M. R., & Dawson, B.
- Affiliations
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Department of Physiology, Australian Institute of Sport.
- Sports Science Sports Medicine Unit, Cricket Australia.
- Venue
- International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-08
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 165-170
- ISSN
- 1474-8185 (ISSN-L)
- 2474-8668
- OpenAlex
- W2203204037
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 0.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport (publishedVersion)
- UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports injuries and prevention
- Keywords
- T20 cricket, player movement patterns, sprinting distance, physical demands, fast bowlers, fielders, batsmen, GPS tracking, time and motion study
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