Meal Plan for a Cricketer

Cricket is a game which requires both fitness and concentration. Top level cricketers will train in cricket nets or by playing a game four or five times per week. In addition to this they will visit the gym and train with both cardiovascular equipment and weights two or three times per week. Excelling in cricket therefore takes a lot of time and energy, so it's essential that you have a well structured nutrition programme to not only help you keep fit and energised for a long game, but also to help your concentration, maximising your skill potential.

The meal plan below is an example for an active cricketer to follow for a typical training day:

Porridge for breakfast is not only a hearty, filling meal, but provides slow releasing energy. Oatcakes and granary bread will top up this slow released energy through the daytime.

The above diet plan provides sufficient levels of all nutrients and sustained slow released low glycaemic carbohydrates to help provide energy for long and intense training sessions. See our Glycaemic Index Tables for GI values of foods. However, the plans is merely a general guide, and there is no mention of portion sizes on purpose so that you can adapt it to suit yourself; remember men will generally require larger portions then women! You must eat a variety of different meats/fish, complex carbohydrates, fruit and vegetables every day, and drink plenty of water.