Table 3

Injury prevalence (missed games and percentage of players unavailable) by position (1995/1996 to 2000/2001)

Body area	Injury category	Batsman		Wicket keeper		Pace bowler		Spinner
Head & neck	Fractured facial bones	3	0.0%					6	0.2%
	Lacerations and other head injuries					1	0.0%
	Neck injuries					6	0.1%

Upper limb	Shoulder tendon injuries	25	0.3%			73	0.9%	35	1.1%
	Shoulder dislocations and subluxations					3	0.0%
	Elbow injuries					28	0.3%
	Forearm fractures	8	0.1%			5	0.1%	2	0.1%
	Arm lacerations & haematomas	1	0.0%
	Wrist and hand injuries	34	0.4%			46	0.5%	26	0.8%
	Upper limb stress fractures					8	0.1%
	Side and abdominal strains	3	0.0%			124	1.5%	6	0.2%

Trunk & back	Rib fractures (traumatic and stress)					13	0.2%
	Lumbar stress fractures	9	0.1%			126	1.5%
	Lumbar injuries (other than stress fractures)	39	0.5%	2	0.1%	121	1.4%	1	0.0%
	Groin injuries	30	0.4%			87	1.0%

Lower limb	Hamstring strain injuries	18	0.2%	9	0.6%	85	1.0%	5	0.2%
	Quadriceps strain injuries	5	0.1%			50	0.6%
	Knee ligament injuries	29	0.4%	3	0.2%	16	0.2%	29	0.9%
	Knee cartilage injuries	36	0.5%	8	0.5%	70	0.8%	1	0.0%
	Knee tendon injuries	6	0.1%	1	0.1%	29	0.3%
	Calf muscle strain injuries	4	0.1%			14	0.2%	6	0.2%
	Leg stress fractures					53	0.6%
	Lower limb fractures (not stress fractures)					40	0.5%	4	0.1%
	Lower limb haematomas & lacerations	2	0.0%			5	0.1%
	Shin soft tissue overuse injuries					1	0.0%
	Ankle and foot sprains	14	0.2%			34	0.4%	5	0.2%
	Heel and achilles injuries	20	0.3%			42	0.5%
	Foot stress fractures					34	0.4%
	Other lower limb injuries					4	0.0%

Medical	Medical illness	16	0.2%	2	0.1%	42	0.5%	5	0.2%

Total		302	4.0%	25	1.6%	1160	13.7%	131	4.0%