Phillip Hughes - One Year On

[fredfertang]

ECB confirms professional cricketers must wear helmets | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

A paternalistic step too far for my liking

 

[Spikey]

If someone was to have fielded at short leg and been pinged in the head and died, couldn't've the ECB been liable? safe workplace and what not

 

[Daemon]

I understand that, particularly in lower grade.

But I totally don't understand why ALL test/international/state/ high grade players aren't using that protective thing at the back of the helmets. Makes no sense to me at all.

In a way it makes less sense to me to not wear one in club cricket, so long as you're not facing spin or complete dibbly dobblys. Usually people give reasons like it's uncomfortable or it blocks their vision, leading them to score less runs. If it's professional cricket then you can argue that these runs are everything to a batsman, but in club cricket.. is it really worth the risk? So many blokes get pinged in the face and it's rarely ever anything serious, but why take the chance when the reward pretty much amounts to nothing?

 

[Jono]

I definitely react differently to a player being hit by a bouncer now.

 

[nightprowler10]

I definitely react differently to a player being hit by a bouncer now.

Yeah same here.

 

[Pratters]

Yeah, every time a player is hit by a bouncer, it brings a fair bit of concern. I have seen players react differently too a lot of times. They ask the batsman if they are okay and most of the times, it feels genuine. I recently watched the footage of Close facing the barrage of bouncers. I had never seen them before and they were quite terrifying.

 

[Dan]

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oh no

CA can probably take that down, tbh. They (defensively) trademarked 63* for precisely this reason.

 

[Red]

In a way it makes less sense to me to not wear one in club cricket, so long as you're not facing spin or complete dibbly dobblys. Usually people give reasons like it's uncomfortable or it blocks their vision, leading them to score less runs. If it's professional cricket then you can argue that these runs are everything to a batsman, but in club cricket.. is it really worth the risk? So many blokes get pinged in the face and it's rarely ever anything serious, but why take the chance when the reward pretty much amounts to nothing?

Yeh fair point. Just reckon in lower grade club cricket you're more likely to edge one into your face and break a nose/teeth/eye socket rather than get hit fatally. Edging it into your face is unpleasant but not dire. That said I've played plenty of games where there's been a guy from higher grades who's quick enough to make me wear one and I don't hesitate with that.