Brains Matter Episode 85 - The Science & Psychology of Cricket - Part 2

In this episode, I continue my discussion with science journalist Marc West. We talk about the psychology and science of sport - and the case study we use is cricket. The topics we talk about can apply to practically any team sport, but being the cricket fans we are, we relate it to the gentleman’s game. Topics we cover in this second part of our discussion include:

- Psychology and batsmen
- The psychology of Shane Warne
- The difference between on field and off field psychology
- Body language
- The usage of sports psychologists and counselling for the English team
- Life after a sporting career
- The similarities between professional sportsmen and retired soldiers
- Research into injuries and sports medicine
- Kinematic studies of the doosra and off-break deliveries
- Tracking the workload of cricketers using GPS
- A mathematical surprise about the statistics of the best batsmen in the game
- The longer a batsman stays at the crease, the harder it is to get him out, right? Wrong! Listen in and find out why…

This is part 2 of a 2 part interview. Please listen in to episode 84 for the first part of the interview.

Brains Matter is a podcast out of Australia, which features stories on science, curiosities and general knowledge. It also features interviews with various experts in science and other interesting areas.

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