It's almost unbelievable that to think not that long ago cricketers never wore helmets. That would have broken his jaw but for the helmet.
Helmets have, undoubtedly, saved a lot of serious injuries and, probably, death. But I think it's also true to say that wearing a helmet makes you more likely to get hit. Simply because the confidence you get from having a helmet makes you concentrate more on getting into line and enables you to free yourself from worrying about self-protection and to play more balls than otherwise. Without a helmet, your natural self-preservation instinct kicks in and you do whatever you need to do, to avoid being hit.
In my personal experience, I have been hit on the helmet many times, but only once - badly - while not wearing a helmet. That particular trip to hospital, after top-edging a bouncer to the fine-leg boundary, via my eyebrow, wasn't much fun!
You rarely see a match these days without someone getting hit on the head. It's far more frequent than it was pre-helmet days.
We just haven't got the bowlers. We are capable of getting a couple of early wickets and that is that. 2nd string bowlers are rubbish. How many no balls have we given away FFS. Must be at least 10-15? Australia are going to cruise to a win today.
We just haven't got the bowlers. We are capable of getting a couple of early wickets and that is that. 2nd string bowlers are rubbish. How many no balls have we given away FFS. Must be at least 10-15? Australia are going to cruise to a win today.
We’re 25 overs in and you’ve come to that conclusion. Impressive.
We just haven't got the bowlers. We are capable of getting a couple of early wickets and that is that. 2nd string bowlers are rubbish. How many no balls have we given away FFS. Must be at least 10-15? Australia are going to cruise to a win today.
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That would have broken his jaw but for the helmet.
In my personal experience, I have been hit on the helmet many times, but only once - badly - while not wearing a helmet. That particular trip to hospital, after top-edging a bouncer to the fine-leg boundary, via my eyebrow, wasn't much fun!
You rarely see a match these days without someone getting hit on the head. It's far more frequent than it was pre-helmet days.
I know its not as big a sport as some but still surprising...... assume it’s down to the process when they were sold / corporates etc?
Game on.
Hopefully that will get him a wicket.
Yes praise someone and they get out.
Take a bow.