Twenty-two cricket batters were invited to participate in this study. Six state level (age: M = 23.5 ± 3.8 years; height: M = 182.7 ± 5.5 cm; weight: 84.5 ± 3.2 kg), eight amateur senior grade club level (age: M ± SD = 25.4 ± 1.7 years; height: M ± SD = 179.5 ± 3.9 cm; weight: M ± SD = 76.8 ± 7.7 kg), and eight junior state representative batters (age: M ± SD = 14.2 ± 0.3 years; height: M ± SD = 171.5 ± 9.4 cm; weight: M ± SD = 62.0 ± 14.6 kg) were tested during their pre-season. Six amateur grade senior club level right arm pace bowlers (age: M = 24.2 ± 3.7 years; height: M = 180.8 ± 5.9 cm; weight: 74.3 ± 7.1 kg) were also recruited to bowl to all participants during testing. Each bowler was randomly assigned to deliver 11 of the 66 total overs to be bowled during the skills test. University ethics approval was obtained to conduct the study, and informed written consent was provided by all participants, including parental consent, prior to commencing the experiment.
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