should bowlers be allowed to wear sunglasses

[jouerducricket]

Do sunglasses give the bowler an advantage because the batsmen can't see where he in trying to pitch the ball?
Is it fair?
If it isn't fair, what rule stops it?
Why don't more bowlers wear sunglassses?

 

[vic_orthdox]

They shouldn't be allowed to because, in general, they look like a dick. Bloke at our club does it, everyone just shakes their head. Unless it's Greg Blewett, because he wore them while bowling more than 130km/h...

There's not advantage to it, let them do it.

 

[GotSpin]

Mark Waugh pulled them off

 

[Burgey]

It's cheating. Swann hides mints behind them.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

It's cheating. It hides Michael Clarke's shifty eyes when he claims a catch off a bump ball.

 

[age_master]

They shouldn't be allowed to because, in general, they look like a dick. Bloke at our club does it, everyone just shakes their head. Unless it's Greg Blewett, because he wore them while bowling more than 130km/h...

There's not advantage to it, let them do it.

Pretty much this. Though i personally dont find it as annoying (as a batsman) as the bowler bowling with their hat on.

 

[Daemon]

Sunglasses and hats are all fine, what I can't stand are popped collars

 

[andruid]

You know what really grinds my gears!? When they bowl stark raving naked

 

[GotSpin]

Sunglasses and hats are all fine, what I can't stand are popped collars

Mark Waugh again pulls it off.

 

[Daemon]

Mark Waugh again pulls it off.

Graeme Smith didn't in the last game

 

[flibbertyjibber]

You have to say if a bowler wants to look a prize numptie in his shades then it is up to him.

 

[Spikey]

Mark Waugh pulled everything off. what a guy.

 

[benchmark00]

Mark Waugh pulled everything off. what a guy.

 

[zaremba]

Strangest thread.
Even stranger in an Ashes subforum.

 

[TumTum]

They shouldn't be allowed to because, in general, they look like a dick.

Exactly.

 

[Shoggz]

It's surely a delicious irony that the sponsored link I'm seeing at the bottom of the page is for a sunglasses company!

 

[PhoenixFire]

It's surely a delicious irony that the sponsored link I'm seeing at the bottom of the page is for a sunglasses company!

Unfortunatley not, the pages get sponsored links that match key-words on the page.

 

[Top_Cat]

Anyone else, no.

 

[Julian87]

They shouldn't be allowed to because, in general, they look like a dick. Bloke at our club does it, everyone just shakes their head. Unless it's Greg Blewett, because he wore them while bowling more than 130km/h...

There's not advantage to it, let them do it.

Mark Waugh pulled them off

^^^ pretty much.

Unless yr Blewett or Waugh and you do this: you're gay.

 

[Somerset]

The bigger question is should batsmen be allowed to wear sunglasses....Saqlain Mushtaq certainly thinks so.