Helmets in cricket

[Lillian Thomson]

i really don't know what you're talking about now. boon is standing there as close as you want to get to have a chance of catching the ball. standing any closer than that to a quick bowler is a disadvantage. albi's pic is a good one too.

That's quite obvious that you don't, so maybe it would be better not to bother posting in response. I'd already said that people like Close, Greig and Solkar used to stand under the batsman's nose (to the spinners obviously, that's just common sense) anyway and if they want to do so without a helmet then fair play to them.

 

[uvelocity]

i'll do whatever the **** i like, i don't know what you're on about because it makes no sense

 

[the big bambino]

Cough cough, talking of isolated incidents rather than the norm.

Say what?! Getting hit badly is always a rare incident. Thankfully. What we don't want to see is a rare incident end a career or impair a batsman's health.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Well I'll say one more time and very simply for the hard of thinking.

You have fielders who field close to the batsman. - follow so far? Good.

Some of these fielders admit that wearing a helmet gives them the confidence to stand closer than they would without the helmet. - well that's it, not difficult to understand really.

 

[uvelocity]

well you are difficult to understand because you contradict yourself. fielders are standing in the same spot they always have, as you have pointed out. wearing a helmet gives them an advantage, as it does to the batsman. there isn't any difference. the fielders are going to stand there with or without a helmet. batsmen are going to hook and pull with and without helmets.

now i tried to politely discuss the strange to me theory of yours that fielders should be treated differently but clearly you lack not only the ability to think clearly, but also the common decency not to post like a ****wit. passive aggressive smiley faces inclusive.

 

[sledger]

Look, anyone who doesn't have a law degree isn't qualified to debate on this subject (nor any other), so let's just end it there.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

well you are difficult to understand because you contradict yourself. fielders are standing in the same spot they always have, as you have pointed out. wearing a helmet gives them an advantage, as it does to the batsman. there isn't any difference. the fielders are going to stand there with or without a helmet. batsmen are going to hook and pull with and without helmets.

now i tried to politely discuss the strange to me theory of yours that fielders should be treated differently but clearly you lack not only the ability to think clearly, but also the common decency not to post like a ****wit. passive aggressive smiley faces inclusive.

No contradiction at all. They're standing in the same fielding positions but closer to the batsman. Very simple, unless of course you think each fielding position is marked out with slide rule and can't differ by a few feet.

Incidentally sledger, we both have law degrees so it's okay.

 

[sledger]

Haha, that is most excellent. I think I like LT more and more every day.