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Richard Stretch

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Richard Stretch
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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.[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]

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  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. ISSN 1015-5163.
  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. 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.
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