Richard Stretch

Richard Stretch
Personal information
Born(1952-11-26)26 November 1952
Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
Died27 October 2014(2014-10-27) (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.

After retirement from cricket he became one of the world's leading researchers into cricket injury. Some of his major publications related to definitions of cricket injuries, injuries in cricket in South Africa, batting biomechanics, and lumbar stress fractures.

References

  1. ↑ "Richard Stretch". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.