Table 2.

Percentage (%) agreement and test–retest reliability scores (weighted kappa values) of survey questions in ‘injury risk perceptions of cricket-specific tasks’ section

Question item	Sinhala questionnaire (n=24)			Tamil questionnaire (n=30)
How much chance do you think a person playing in the positions below has ofbeing injured?	% agreement	Kappa value*	Level of reliability†	% agreement	Kappa value*	Level of reliability†
A fast bowler or medium pace bowler	75	0.60	Moderate	93.3	0.82	Almost perfect
A spin bowler	95.8	0.87	Almost perfect	86.7	0.78	Substantial
A wicket keeper wearing a helmet while wicket keeping facing a spin bowler	79.2	0.65	Substantial	83.3	0.8	Substantial
A wicket keeper is not wearing a helmet while wicket keeping facing a spin bowler	79.2	0.32	Fair	80	0.7	Substantial
A wicket keeper wearing a helmet while wicket keeping facing a fast bowler	91.7	0.48	Moderate	90	0.9	Almost perfect
A wicket keeper is not wearing a helmet while wicket keeping facing a fast bowler	79.2	0.64	Substantial	76.7	0.65	Substantial
A batter against a spin bowler	83.3	0.70	Substantial	93.3	0.93	Almost perfect
A batter against a fast bowler	87.5	0.76	Substantial	86.2	0.83	Almost perfect
A batter running between wickets	79.2	0.75	Substantial	76.7	0.56	Moderate
Fielding in the outfield (at boundary line)	83.3	0.59	Moderate	72.4	0.60	Moderate
Fielding in the infield (at 30 yard circle)	87.5	0.82	Almost perfect	75.9	0.59	Moderate
Fielding in close to a batter (within 15 yards)	83.3	0.39	Fair	86.7	0.80	Substantial
Fielding in slips	79.2	0.64	Substantial	83.3	0.81	Almost perfect

*Weighted kappa values.

†Based on Landis and Koch grading system.