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A Comparison of Distances Covered by Athletes from Different Codes of Sports

A Comparison of Distances Covered by Athletes from Different Codes of Sports

A Comparison of Distances Covered by Athletes from Different Codes of Sports

Cricket may seem like a slow game, but the distances covered by mainly fast bowlers are great.  Fast bowlers cover more distance than half marathon runners at times. Recently during a Boxing Day, Ashes Test Match, Mitchell Johnson was recorded as having covered 23 kilometers on the first day.  He also reached speeds of 33.1kph and this was achieved by chasing a ball to the boundary.  The fastest speed recorded using the Australian GSP monitoring system, was done by Brett Lee, who reached a speed of 36kpm.  This is faster than most wingers, in AFL, rugby league and union.

A fast bowler is generally said to cover about 15km in 50 over cricket (including the walk back to the mark) and more than 20km in a day for a Test match.

 

A Comparison:

SPORT

TIME

DISTANCE

Half Marathon

58:23min – World Record

90min – Competitive

120min – Amateur 

21.1km

Cricket (fast bowler)

180min

360min

@ 15km – ODI

@ 20km - TEST

Football player (midfielder and wingers cover more distance

90min

@ 8-15km

Field Hockey

70min

@ 7-9km

Tennis

300min 

665min (World Record)

@4-5km

@9.6km each player

 

 

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