I am 60, still playing senior cricket and bat without a helmet (they didn't have them when I learnt). I would (still) much prefer to face short pitched bowling than good length. It may be no coincidence that the only natural back foot players at my club are all over 45 and learnt before helmets. I prefer an arm guard to a helmet.
Why Ban them, Bouncers have been apart of cricket for decades, I think a standardized method safety manufacturing protocol should be written up, and more pressure should be placed on manufacturers for better safety equipment should be at the fore front of everyone's agenda
Banning Bouncers is no solution. 2 days back an umpire in Israel died . So ban Umpires? A pakistan cricket in 5-60 (don`t remember name & dates exactly) died while playing a front foot defensive shot to a spinner. That ball spun & bounce & hit his chest & he died of cardiac arrest. So ban spinners?
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Whitey got killed and they want to ban bouncers , had it been black killed they would have wanted to increase the numbers if bouncers ,,, hypocrites the whole lot
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Ramesh,
your comments are in very poor taste!
A young man has died in tragic circumstances leaving grieving family and friends and you choose to bring in ethnicity?
I am very disappointed with that Ramesh as i did not expect that, even from you!
This Board is discussing banning bouncers and not the ICC!
You all remembered when the English whined to the ICC about West Indian bowling too many bouncers?
Quote:During the 1970s to 1980s, bouncers were used as part of a team's intimidatory tactics, especially by the West Indies team. In 1991, the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced a "one bouncer per batsman per over" rule in an attempt to discourage use of intimidation.
Well, the ICC had to no balls to mandate an improvement in protective gears. Instead they limited the bouncers! Of course, most people knew that was wrong decision and now we see a sad result of that decision.
Lets face facts, the Ozzies were bolwing just as many bouncers as WI bowlers. However, if the English had complained about them, they would have been seen as pussies!!
