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33 articles · updated July 30, 2026

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Multi-format cricket and the problem of never having an off-season

Cricket now runs continuously, and the formats make incompatible physical demands. The result is athletes switching between preparation states with no period in which any of them is complete.

Vikram Singh··3 min read

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Wicketkeeping: the squat nobody counts as training load

A keeper performs hundreds of deep squats a day while carrying protective equipment and concentrating on every delivery. Almost none of it appears in the workload figures the sport collects.

Neha Gupta··3 min read