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Colour blind cricketers and snowballs

N Goddard1, D Coull

  • 1Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, London.

BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.)
|December 24, 1994
PubMed
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Colour blindness does not significantly impact cricket batting performance. This suggests that players with colour vision deficiency may self-select into cricket, and routine testing is not advised.

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Area of Science:

  • Sports Science
  • Ophthalmology
  • Human Performance

Background:

  • Colour vision deficiency (CVD) is prevalent and can affect visual tasks.
  • Cricket batting requires precise visual tracking of a moving ball against various backgrounds.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of colour blindness on the batting performance of professional cricketers.
  • To compare batting averages between colour blind and normally sighted players.

Main Methods:

  • A cohort of 280 professional cricketers from 18 first-class county teams were assessed.
  • The Isihara colour blindness test was administered.
  • Batting averages were compared between players with and without colour blindness.

Main Results:

  • The batting average for the 12 colour blind players was marginally lower (20.88) than for players with normal vision (26.31).
  • No significant difference was observed in batting averages before and after the introduction of the white ball.
  • The prevalence of batsmen and bowlers affected by colour blindness was similar.

Conclusions:

  • Batting performance in professional cricket is not significantly impaired by colour blindness.
  • This suggests a degree of self-selection among cricketers with colour vision deficiency.
  • Routine screening for colour blindness in cricketers is not recommended based on these findings.

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