Comparison of sport competition anxiety of university cricket (women) players

Cricket is a popular sport in India and Gujarat is a legendary place for it. A large number of players take up professional cricket but there is a limitation of scope for all the budding professionals. Cricket was chosen for research due to the localinterest in the game. Any competition is known to result in anxiety of various levels prior to and during the competition. Level of competition anxiety amongst players was taken up for study to find out if it was team specific. For the purpose of study, four teams participating in the All India Inter-University Cricket (Women) Tournament were selected at random. The players were approached a day prior to the competition. The Sport Competitive Anxiety Test (SCAT)was administered and the response obtained from the teams. The collected data was compiled and the scores were used for statistical analysis.