<![CDATA[Purpose: State anxiety is an unpleasant psychological state experienced by cricketers due to perceivedperformance stress. It is often an overlooked criterion for return to sports after an injury. There is a need toevaluate presence of anxiety as it leads to physical symptoms and hence injury. Mental training is a veryimportant tool for handling anxiety but there is lack of training which further predisposes players to reinjury.This study aims to evaluate presence of anxiety in cricketers who have suffered sport-related injuryand have returned to play. It also explores the method used by these cricketers to handle anxiety.Method: 60 injured cricketers were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. A baselinequestionnaire was prepared to collect basic demographic data and Sports Anxiety Questionnaire (SCAT)which is a self-administered scale was included to determine presence of anxiety. Anxiety scores werecalculated to determine the players level of anxiety.Results: It was found that 65% players experience high anxiety, 32% had average anxiety and 3% had lowanxiety levels. 45% of players reported re-injury.Conclusion: Undiagnosed anxiety was found to exist in injured cricketers which may predispose themto re-injury. All the players were aware of mental training techniques but reported lack of guidance andprofessional help.]]>
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