Richard Stretch
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 November 1952 Graaff-Reinet, South Africa |
| Died | 27 October 2014 (aged 61) Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2016 | |
Richard Stretch (26 November 1952 – 27 October 2014) was a South African cricketer. He played fourteen first-class matches for Border between 1979 and 1982.[1]
After retirement from cricket he became one of the world's leading researchers into cricket injury.[2] Some of his major publications related to definitions of cricket injuries,[3] injuries in cricket in South Africa,[4][5] batting biomechanics,[6][7] and lumbar stress fractures.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Richard Stretch". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ↑ Lambert, Mike (2014). "Richard Stretch - a cricket icon (1952 - 2014)". South African Journal of Sports Medicine. 26 (4): 98–98. doi:10.7196/sajsm.592 (inactive 30 January 2026). ISSN 1015-5163.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2026 (link) - ↑ Orchard, J; Newman, D; Stretch, R; Frost, W; Mansingh, A; Leipus, A (March 2005). "Methods for injury surveillance in international cricket". Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 8 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1016/s1440-2440(05)80019-2. PMID 15887896.
- ↑ Stretch, RA (June 2003). "Cricket injuries: a longitudinal study of the nature of injuries to South African cricketers". British Journal of Sports Medicine. 37 (3): 250–3, discussion 253. doi:10.1136/bjsm.37.3.250. PMC 1724632. PMID 12782551.
- ↑ Stretch, RA (April 2001). "Incidence and nature of epidemiological injuries to elite South African cricket players". South African Medical Journal. 91 (4): 336–9. PMID 11402907.
- ↑ Stretch, RA; Bartlett, R; Davids, K (December 2000). "A review of batting in men's cricket". Journal of Sports Sciences. 18 (12): 931–49. doi:10.1080/026404100446748. PMID 11138983.
- ↑ Loock, N; Du Toit, DE; Ventner, DJ; Stretch, RA (January 2006). "Effect of different types of cricket batting pads on the running and turning speed in cricket batting". Sports Biomechanics. 5 (1): 15–22. doi:10.1080/14763141.2006.9628222. PMID 16521620.
- ↑ Stretch, RA; Botha, T; Chandler, S; Pretorius, P (August 2003). "Back injuries in young fast bowlers--a radiological investigation of the healing of spondylolysis and pedicle sclerosis". South African Medical Journal. 93 (8): 611–6. PMID 14531122.
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