King with his ongoing back spasms.....Greaves has had various recently also Hope...upto last night Allen injured his side diving an had to go off with ice pack treatment....an yet they are more pampered than ever before with water breaks ,bananas an a belly rub😂....more understandable for fast bowlers .....could it be generally speaking that players of yesteryear looked after themselves better.....bring back Dennis Waight😀....those of you old enough would remember him!
Why these young fellas so injury prone?
Fri, Aug 21, '26 at 9:36 AM
Players play much more matches in these times, cricket is played at a much more intense level than the past.
Fri, Aug 21, '26 at 11:09 AM
Simple answer - they are not fit. When ever this question comes up I give the examples of Kohli and Shiv Chanderpaul.
When Virat realized that he was failing, he changed his diet and exercise regime and dedicated himself in a disciplined manner 365 days per year.
When Shiv trained, he did so in the hot sun for 8 hours with the bowling machine. When asked why he was doing that he responded that a day's play is overall 8 hours.
Our players want to be treated as and paid as professionals but do not want to do the work and make the necessary sacrifices. I had a friend who played professional rugby in England. He also played for England. He said more than once his club bought the top amateur player and some could not stand up to the training. The difference between amateur and professional in today's sports world is vast.
Fri, Aug 21, '26 at 11:13 AM
@dayne wrote:
Players play much more matches in these times, cricket is played at a much more intense level than the past.
True enough but as a result they should also be fitter ....King's (back spasms) an Greaves thigh injury when running for a quick single has nothing to do with today's intense levels ...those are individual fitness issues...likewise Allenl ast night)diving to field a ball an hurting his side wasn't no particular acrobatics required.....yes more intense esp t20's an ODI's ...but lets face it younger generation softer!!
Fri, Aug 21, '26 at 5:55 PM
debut: May 14, '05
26,706 runs
Bobby, both cases involve man in the sun training and running
these guys live a gym, PlayStation and Instagram life now
Sun, Aug 23, '26 at 4:50 AM
According to a Trini oldster. Dem youth nowadays from de era of iron ships and wooden men. We from de era of wooden ships and iron men.
Sun, Aug 23, '26 at 12:31 PM
@Maispwi wrote:
According to a Trini oldster. Dem youth nowadays from de era of iron ships and wooden men. We from de era of wooden ships and iron men.
I ain know wuh wrang wid dem....sometimes i wonder if is ole bones mek dem😀...
Tue, Aug 25, '26 at 12:04 PM
I didn't know we has so many fitness experts on this mb.
Hope you guys practice what you preach.
Tue, Aug 25, '26 at 12:23 PM
@Trex wrote:
I didn't know we has so many fitness experts on this mb.
Hope you guys practice what you preach.
Tue, Aug 25, '26 at 12:36 PM
@Trex wrote:
I didn't know we has so many fitness experts on this mb.
Hope you guys practice what you preach.
Dnt have to be a fitness expert to see wuh goin on an how some of these injuries occurring an neither do any of us who are not athletes (paid) should necessarily have to practice what we preach ....all in all quite a foolish almost gaslighting kinda response....do better champ!!