Injury incidence (frequency and percentage) by category and onset (1995/1996 to 2000/2001)
| Injuries in international and interstate matches | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body area | Injury category | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | Keeping | Other injuries | Total injuries |
| Values in parentheses are percentages. | |||||||
| Head & neck | Fractured facial bones | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 3 | 5 (1) | ||
| Lacerations and other head injuries | 4 (7) | 2 (3) | 2 | 8 (2) | |||
| Neck injuries | 2 (4) | 1 (2) | 2 | 5 (1) | |||
| Upper limb | Shoulder tendon injuries | 8 (6) | 5 (8) | 16 | 29 (6) | ||
| Shoulder dislocations and subluxations | 1 (2) | 3 | 4 (1) | ||||
| Elbow injuries | 1 (2) | 2 | 3 (1) | ||||
| Forearm fractures | 2 (4) | 1 (2) | 2 | 5 (1) | |||
| Arm lacerations & haematomas | 3 (5) | 1 | 4 (1) | ||||
| Wrist and hand injuries | 8 (14) | 3 (2) | 17 (28) | 1 | 27 | 56 (11) | |
| Upper limb stress fractures | 1 (1) | 1 | 2 (0) | ||||
| Other upper limb injuries | 1 | 1 (0) | |||||
| Trunk & back | Side and abdominal strains | 26 (21) | 3 (5) | 16 | 45 (9) | ||
| Rib fractures (traumatic and stress) | 2 (2) | 1 | 3 (1) | ||||
| Lumbar stress fractures | 4 (3) | 10 | 14 (3) | ||||
| Lumbar injuries (other than stress fractures) | 1 (2) | 10 (8) | 2 (3) | 1 | 27 | 41 (8) | |
| Lower limb | Groin injuries | 5 (9) | 10 (8) | 2 (3) | 21 | 38 (7) | |
| Hamstring strain injuries | 12 (21) | 15 (12) | 9 (15) | 20 | 56 (11) | ||
| Quadriceps strain injuries | 2 (4) | 11 (9) | 5 | 18 (3) | |||
| Knee ligament injuries | 1 (1) | 3 (5) | 8 | 12 (2) | |||
| Knee cartilage injuries | 2 (4) | 7 (6) | 1 | 21 | 31 (6) | ||
| Knee tendon injuries | 1 (2) | 2 (2) | 1 | 11 | 15 (3) | ||
| Calf muscle strain injuries | 2 (4) | 3 (2) | 2 (3) | 7 | 14 (3) | ||
| Leg stress fractures | 4 (3) | 4 | 8 (2) | ||||
| Lower limb fractures (not stress fractures) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 3 | 5 (1) | |||
| Lower limb haematomas & lacerations | 7 (13) | 1 (1) | 4 (7) | 4 | 16 (3) | ||
| Shin soft tissue overuse injuries | 1 (1) | 1 (0) | |||||
| Ankle and foot sprains | 5 (4) | 4 (7) | 13 | 22 (4) | |||
| Heel and achilles injuries | 7 (6) | 1 (2) | 9 | 17 (3) | |||
| Foot stress fractures | 2 (2) | 2 | 4 (1) | ||||
| Other lower limb injuries | 1 (1) | 1 | 2 (0) | ||||
| Medical | Medical illness | 3 (5) | 2 (2) | 38 | 43 (8) | ||
| All | 56 (100) | 126 (100) | 60 (100) | 4 | 281 | 527 (100) | |