Australian domestic season 2021/22

[Nintendo]

Marnus was never going to be a 60's average batsmen, he's not sobers, think hey'll retire at the 48-50 range and be just bordering on atg ala KP or ross taylor.

 

[slippy888]

I want to see Travis Head play for Australia in all 3 formats before it to late and he end up a wasted talent

 

[Spikey]

He plays for South Australia so he's a wasted talent already

 

[TheJediBrah]

Much worse things to be in South Australia than wasted

 

[Nintendo]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1448527559222710273

ffs

 

[Starfighter]

FMD. He'll be done within a couple of years at this rate. When do you declare it simply too unsafe?

 

[morgieb]

FMD. He'll be done within a couple of years at this rate. When do you declare it simply too unsafe?

That's generous. I think now might genuinely be the point where it's too unsafe for him to play.

 

[Burgey]

A number of his concussions are unrelated to the short ball, but several of them are. A career as a top order batsman is not conducive to a propensity to duck into bouncers, sadly for him.

I think he’ll end up one of the great “what if” stories of Aus cricket, unfortunately for him and for all of us.

 

[stephen]

Yeah it's sad but he's doing to do permanent brain damage if he continues down this path, if he doesn't already have it.

 

[Midwinter]

Someone needs to have a word with him and draw a line, for his own benefit.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Really not sure about bowling first here

 

[social]

Given the quality of helmets these days, it generally takes a really solid hit to cause concussion

If Pucovski suffers from concussion like symptoms from anything less then his future is in real jeopardy

Doesn’t sound promising

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1448803668183158791

 

[Spikey]

I don't think there's any real indication that cricket helmets are helping that much to prevent concussion. In other sports such as hockey and cycling its well accepted that helmets were great for preventing skull fractures, not so much for preventing the rotational forces that are part of concussions. Not sure we've seen anything in cricket to suggest it isn't a similar situation

 

[TheJediBrah]

BBL hero James Bazley playing a Shield game I see

 

[Prince EWS]

BBL hero James Bazley playing a Shield game I see

One of the great tastings from you, that game.

 

[Chubb]

Pucovski is really worrying. Feel kind of sick every time I see he's got a concussion, imagining what it could mean for him later in life.

 

[Starfighter]

Is Swepson injured?

I don't think there's any real indication that cricket helmets are helping that much to prevent concussion. In other sports such as hockey and cycling its well accepted that helmets were great for preventing skull fractures, not so much for preventing the rotational forces that are part of concussions. Not sure we've seen anything in cricket to suggest it isn't a similar situation

I've personally wondered if cricket helmets could do with a bit of a redesign myself for the reasons you suggest, and I'm surprised that it hasn't been brought more prominent authorities. Certainly recent literature (like, 2020) suggests that lack of impact protection is a big issue. I can't help but notice that the design philosophy for baseball helmets is very different, using a much softer, thicker foam, something noted in this paper which suggests they perform slightly better.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Swepson was in the T20 squad from memory

Liking this attack here, early days but Doggett looks a damn good signing, and I have had a fair bit of time for McAndrew for a few years now. If anything Worrall arguably looks the least impressive of the quicks so far

 

[social]

Is Swepson injured?


I've personally wondered if cricket helmets could do with a bit of a redesign myself for the reasons you suggest, and I'm surprised that it hasn't been brought more prominent authorities. Certainly recent literature (like, 2020) suggests that lack of impact protection is a big issue. I can't help but notice that the design philosophy for baseball helmets is very different, using a much softer, thicker foam, something noted in this paper which suggests they perform slightly better.

NFL research basically confirms that helmets don’t prevent concussion

The worrying thing about Pucovski is that he seems to get concussion like symptoms every time he gets hit which certainly isn’t the case with every batsman

He’s fast approaching Boyd Cordner territory

 

[Starfighter]

NFL research basically confirms that helmets don’t prevent concussion

I wouldn't expect an NFL helmet to. Nothing in them that deals well with rotational force, and that's the case in a lot of other fields unfortunately. Only over the past four or so years have some of the standards for motorcycle helmets been revised to take this into account, though the issue has been known for much longer. Institutional inertia and cost of change are massive stumbling blocks everywhere (design issues aside).

The worrying thing about Pucovski is that he seems to get concussion like symptoms every time he gets hit which certainly isn’t the case with every batsman. He’s fast approaching Boyd Cordner territory

He was concussed falling running between wickets last year. I know from personal experience impacts from falling can be very heavy but aside from how frequently he gets hit he seems to be extremely susceptible, and is getting more so. Surely the doctors must be on the point of telling him to pack it in.