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  1. Gavan L White
  1. Correspondence to Dr Gavan White, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia, PO Box 1219, Bunbury, WA  6231, Australia; gwhite{at}synergy-sports.com.au

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Australian cricket has a long and glorious history in the sport, but on-field success is currently at an all-time low. Despite that current embarrassment, this BJSM member society, Sports Doctors Australia (SDrA), highlights four cricket papers. Injury surveillance is so important that on-field failure is overlooked for the greater good of clinical education!

If you are working with any team where injury surveillance may be useful, please read Dr John Orchard's editorial which details three key elements to take into account of in injury surveillance see page 605. Also in this issue, former England cricket physiotherapist, Dr Craig Ranson, shares the first multicountry injury data from the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 see page 637. This paper gives a great review of the injury rate at elite-level cricket. The paper by Prof David Mann discusses the risk …

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