Abstract:
A cricket team is made up of various types of players, each with their own
specialized roles and responsibilities. These players come together to form a
cohesive unit, working in tandem to achieve success on the field. They have
specialized roles or skills that affect the physiological demands of match play. Due
to the extended duration and variety of physiological demands, cricket has more
different nutritional needs than many other sports. The prime aim of this study
was to identify the relationship between dietary supplements and aerobic fitness
level. A cross-sectional study was performed from December 2022 to January 2023.
The female cricket players of the National Women’s cricket team were selected
using a convenient sampling technique for this study (n=30, age=25.7±1.6,
height=160.9±6.1, weight=49.7±5.1). The results were acquired using a dietary
supplement questionnaire, which included 17 questions about personal
information and dietary supplements, and a 2k test, which measured endurance
capacity and required individuals to complete the test in less than 9.35 minutes of
this examination. Pearson correlation and descriptive statistics were used to
analyze the data from Minitab 19 software. The relationship between aerobic
fitness level and dietary supplement had a negative relationship (p= -0.073) and it
revealed that there was no significant relationship between aerobic fitness level
and dietary supplement (P>0.05). Creatine was utilized as a dietary supplement by
13.3% of athletes, whereas 26.6% did not use any dietary supplements. In
conclusion, this study supposes that dietary supplements did not affect the aerobic
fitness level in national female cricket players in Sri Lanka.
