~ 141 ~ International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Health 2017; 4(1): 141-145 P-ISSN: 2394-1685 E-ISSN: 2394-1693 Impact Factor (ISRA): 5.38 IJPESH 2017; 4(1): 141-145 © 2017 IJPESH www.kheljournal.com Received: 17-11-2016 Accepted: 18-12-2016 Kunvar Singh Research Scholar Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, India Dr. Ratnesh Singh Associate Professor Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, India Correspondence Kunvar Singh Research Scholar Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, India An association of anthropometric and physical fitness variables of cricket players with the performance of running between the wickets Kunvar Singh and Dr. Ratnesh Singh Abstract The purpose of the present study was to find out the relationship of Running between the wickets performance of the Cricket players with selected Anthropometric Variables (Height and Arm Length) and Physical fitness variables (Speed, Agility and Flexibility). Fifteen male Cricket players were participated as subjects in the present study. The samples were selected from Department of Physical Education Cricket match practice group, G. G. V. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh on the basis of purposive sample selection technique. The age of the subjects was ranging between 21 to 28 years. The mean and SD of the age of the subject was 24.533 and 2.263. The age of the subjects were recorded on basis of date of birth mentioned in the 10 th (High School) mark sheet certificates. To know the nature of the data descriptive statistics i.e. mean, standard deviation were calculated. To know the relationship of selected anthropometric and physical fitness variables with the running between the wickets performance of Cricket players Pearson product-moment correlations were calculated. All the statistics were calculated with the help of SPSS 16.0 version software. The findings of the study shows that there are significant relationships of running between the wickets performance with selected anthropometric variables Height (r =-.916, p<.05), Arm Length (r = -.852, p<.05) and selected physical fitness variables Speed (r =.709, p<.05), Agility (r =.806, p<.05), Flexibility (r = -.898, p<.05). Keywords: Cricket, running between the wickets, anthropometric, physical fitness Introduction Cricket is a game which is played in the twenty two yard pitch. The players participate with full effort to win the match and play with the sentiment global companionship so it is also called "Gentleman Game". Cricket is accepted to have been played in the sorted out structure many years prior. Cricket was familiar with North America by the English colonies in the seventeenth century presumably before it had even achieved the north of England [9] . In the eighteenth century, it began in different parts of the earth. It was acquainted with the West Indies by colonists [9] and to India by British East India Company sailors in the primary portion of the century [2] . It started in Australia nearly when the colonization started in 1788. After wards, New Zealand and South Africa followed in the mid nineteenth century [2] . Anthropometric parameters are a set of noninvasive, quantitative technique for determining an human size, shape, proportion, composition by measuring, recording, and analyzing specific dimension of the body. Anthropometry has a rich custom in sports sciences and sports medicine. Though, in diverse times, different terms were used like dynamic anthropometry, sports anthropometry, biometry, physiological anthropometry, anthropometrical, kin anthropometry etc. by scientists to create some relationships between the body structure and the specialized functions required for various tasks [24] . In fact, it is well established that each individual is unique. The extent of human variability is so that no two persons can ever be exactly the same. There are two fundamental causes for this variation. One is the genes present at birth from parents and the other is the infinity of environment which acts upon individuals from cradle to grave. Therefore, scientists have for all time been fascinated by the phenomenon of human variation. In the populations, the law of chance operates as a whole and people in general tend to drop along a curve of normal division on all traits [25] . In prior time physical fitness has been characterize from alternate points of view and evaluated