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War over helmet design The protection the helmets offer is not as definitive as the batsmen believe, one thing is for sure that the gear nerrows down the vision for sure. High School English Grammar and composition by Wern & Martin |
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The captain of the English Test cricket side, Alastair Cook,
and his former team-mate Jonathan Trott are not obvious rebels. Mr Cook is
strait-laced and squeaky clean. He and his wife were infamously described by
the chairman of the English Cricket Board (ECB) as "very much the sort of
people" that the England skipper and his family were supposed to be. Yet in
the opening round of England's County Championship season, rebels are
exactly what they became, thanks to a row over the ECB's new regulations
governing batting helmets.
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| From the start of this season, the ECB banned the use of helmets with adjustable grilles, following two serious incidents when a ball struck a batsman in the face after passing through the gap between the grille and the peak. In one of these cases Somerset batsman and wicket-keeper Craig Kieswetter was forced to end a hugely promising career after failing to recover from an eye injury. England's fast bowler Stuart Broad was also hit in the face during a Test match against India in 2014. Although Mr Broad received nothing more than a broken nose, his batting is commonly believed to have suffered for several months afterwards. | |||
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Both Mr Cook and Mr Trott ignored the new regulations—which
provide a list of approved helmets with fixed grilles and with gaps to the
peak of no more than 50 millimetres (two inches)—and took to the field for
their counties wearing their usual equipment. In both cases, the ECB
intervened and forced them to switch the following day. Mr Cook has not
complained publicly over the issue, but has made his feelings clear to the
ECB. (What experts and former
cricketers say on the issue buy or
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May 23, 2016
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