helmets park cricket

[ajdude]

i love the thread title. it's what i imagine an old person would type when googling the topic

 

[vic_orthdox]

Peter McGlashan used to wear the catcher's mask, which made complete sense. But given he was well known as 'McFashion' and liked to do things differently/for attention, no one was keen to be a follower. It's much lighter, better vision, able to be whipped off quickly I imagine, can't see why keepers aren't doing it more.

Yeah, there are still a few who use it, Tim Ludeman wears something similar.

A few keepers I know prefer the full helmet due to more protection from them actually being hit in the head by the bat, particularly in shorter forms where guys are getting really deep in their crease.

 

[SteveNZ]

Have to admit I've never seen a keeper hit by a bat in the head in all my years. If that was me keeping, or the keeper in my side, I think I'd be real tempted to do similar to the batsman inflicting it.

Helmets are a hindrance to keepers, certainly weighs them down making lateral movement or looking anywhere but straight down the wicket. There must be a better way.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Peter McGlashan used to wear the catcher's mask, which made complete sense. But given he was well known as 'McFashion' and liked to do things differently/for attention, no one was keen to be a follower. It's much lighter, better vision, able to be whipped off quickly I imagine, can't see why keepers aren't doing it more.

Didn't Darren Berry invent that?

 

[vic_orthdox]

Have to admit I've never seen a keeper hit by a bat in the head in all my years. If that was me keeping, or the keeper in my side, I think I'd be real tempted to do similar to the batsman inflicting it.

Helmets are a hindrance to keepers, certainly weighs them down making lateral movement or looking anywhere but straight down the wicket. There must be a better way.

First time I saw it happen was this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk5TLuABgC8

Seen it happen a couple of times since.

 

[cnerd123]

I umpired a women's game in HK recently where the keeper wore a catchers mask. Turns out she was a softball player too.

 

[Daemon]

Have to admit I've never seen a keeper hit by a bat in the head in all my years. If that was me keeping, or the keeper in my side, I think I'd be real tempted to do similar to the batsman inflicting it.

Helmets are a hindrance to keepers, certainly weighs them down making lateral movement or looking anywhere but straight down the wicket. There must be a better way.

Heh this reminds me of an instance this season where I wore my cap backwards and put on the helmet while keeping. There was a top edge, ball went slightly behind me and I had no ****ing clue where it was because the bill of the cap was blocking me from tilting my head straight up. Ball ended up dropping about 15 yards from the stumps while I was doing my little pirouette.

 

[cnerd123]

n00b

 

[Daemon]

First time I saw it happen was this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk5TLuABgC8

Seen it happen a couple of times since.

**** me Healy was so good. Check out the stumping at 0:38

 

[vic_orthdox]

Yup, he just did the basics well all the time.

 

[mr_mister]

wore one as a junior coz i had too, but stopped once i became a senior. bowlers in my grade too slow to really scare me

 

[SteveNZ]

Didn't Darren Berry invent that?

May well have, would again explain why other top-level keepers were reluctant to do it - you don't want to be seen to be copying someone like a Chuck Berry or Peter McFashion. McGlashan had the catcher's mask and the hockey shinpads under the trousers instead of pads. A lot of people thought he was a tosser but it all made sense.

 

[Julian87]

Reckon I'd be the last generation to not wear a helmet as a junior. Late 20s now, I never wore one until 15s from memory and even then I ditched it as quickly as possible.

Had the ridiculous rule implemented in SCG Country Cup this year that my under 16s wicketkeeper had to wear a helmet for the entire 50 overs. Now that is an absolute joke when (a) it's way too hot out here to do that and (b) the keeper back to fast bowling should be just about the least likely player to cop one in the melon.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Reckon I'd be the last generation to not wear a helmet as a junior. Late 20s now, I never wore one until 15s from memory and even then I ditched it as quickly as possible.

Yeah I'm 29 now, and it was around my age that it kept on coming in - when I played first year U14s (as an U13) you could wear a cap, then the next year they made helmets compulsory. Was similar with U17 rep cricket as well, I remember Finch getting to wear a cap, but then by U19s we all had to wear helmets.

 

[Daemon]

Forcing the keeper to wear a helmet standing back is ridiculous

 

[Furball]

Haha yeah if you're copping one in the face standing back then wicketkeeping probably isn't for you.

 

[Burgey]

Probably more to do with the one which bounces in front of you or an errant throw from the boundary hitting the edge of the synthetic pitch, but yeah, I agree with what you say.

 

[Julian87]

Forcing the keeper to wear a helmet standing back is ridiculous

Yeah, bloody oath.

Was brought in for this season by CA though for all under 16 players in senior cricket apparently.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Have always worn one, will always wear one. Just feels right to me.

 

[uvelocity]

i love the thread title. it's what i imagine an old person would type when googling the topic