Low back pain (LBP) is a frequent occurrence in adolescent cricketers and is most predominantly brought about by repetitive lumbar region stress. The purpose of this study is to investigate LBP in adolescent cricketers in Dhaka City in Bangladesh with machine learning through the Support Vector Machine (SVM) model and regression analysis to assist in classifying LBP severity and factors contributing to it. Data was analyzed for 315 adolescent cricketers in this study and includes sociodemographic factors, game-related activities, preventive measures, and history of LBP-related factors. The severity of LBP was classified into four: no pain, mild, moderate, and severe. The sigmoid kernel exhibited best classification performance with a precision value of 78.9%, recall value of 79.7%, and F1 value of 79.2%, specifically performing well in separating between no-pain and mild-pain cases. Significant statistical correlations were evident between LBP and variables such as age, educational background, family income, duration of practice, warm-up and cool-down protocol, and past history of low back pain. These findings emphasize the importance of early preventive measures in lessening LBP risk among young cricket players. Generally, this study demonstrates effectiveness in machine learning and regression model in detecting injury pattern risks in sports environments and supporting data-driven prevention and management of sports injuries and providing a baseline model for future studies in the area.

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