Cricket injuries, with Alex Kountouris

Dr Alex Kountouris tries to stay out of the limelight despite his position as physiotherapist to the Australian Men’s cricket team. Despite his attempts, he finds himself in the media talking about players’ injuries and the reasons behind their inclusion or exclusion from the team. Listen to him discuss injury prevention and treatment in cricket, and for the first time hear the questions posed by our twitter followers. See also: Batting head injury in professional cricket: a systematic video analysis of helmet safety characteristics: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/10/644.full International cricket injury surveillance: a report of five teams competing in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/10/637.full Injuries in West Indies cricket 2003–2004: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/40/2/119.full Methods for injury surveillance in international cricket: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/39/4/e22.full