Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Reply #1231 –
There is complete paranoia that someone will sue because of a stress related back condition.
But I was at a cricket night not so long ago with Thommo and Merv and they seemed physically about right for guys their age and weight.
Can you imagine a coach or captain telling Thommo or Merv they can't bowl any more because they had their monthly allocation of overs?
When I was young you bowled as many overs as possible, or that you were physically capable of bowling. That was how you got wickets and perfected deliveries. Of course I was 6' as a 17 year old and I'm 4'11" now, but what's that got to do with it?
haha.....yeah, I still have the odd complaint every year or so from my back these days as a reminder to what I used to make it do every summer week in week out for over 15 years !!
But seriously, the bowling restrictions on junior fast bowlers are just ridiculous. I'm not saying that 16 year olds should be bowling 10 over spells & 30 overs in a day, but make the restrictions sensible. Otherwise what happens when these underage bowlers who've only ever bowled 4 overs at a time & a small maximum amount for day suddenly get into senior ranks....where there are no bowling restrictions ? Their bodys are just not prepared. And that's when they get injured.