No - the reason there is a blood rule is to ensure that HIV strains can't be spread. Therefore it is usually restrained to contact sports - of which cricket is not one. It would be expected though that the batsman would get the blood cleaned up, just for his own health and risk of infection.Monty said:is there a blood rule in cricket like in most other sports
in many contact sports it was brought in even before they knwe of the risk of infections from bloodvic_orthdox said:No - the reason there is a blood rule is to ensure that HIV strains can't be spread. Therefore it is usually restrained to contact sports - of which cricket is not one. It would be expected though that the batsman would get the blood cleaned up, just for his own health and risk of infection.
To be fair though, even if blood was known to have infections or not, would you like to tackle a rugby or football player with areas of blood on them?cbuts said:in many contact sports it was brought in even before they knwe of the risk of infections from blood
Yep he would have suffered the same fate as dean jones otherwiseSomerset said:In fact I have just heard on Radiosport that he's had eight stiches in his cheek but is fine to take the field this morning - all I can say is thank godness helmets were invented.
Amazing thing, of course, is that Ponting took an equal blow from an even faster bowler in Sami in that series played in unfit conditions where he couldn't wear his helmet because it was too hot.Somerset said:In fact I have just heard on Radiosport that he's had eight stiches in his cheek but is fine to take the field this morning - all I can say is thank godness helmets were invented.
Dean Jones' fate was inflicted also by poor captaincy.King_Ponting said:Yep he would have suffered the same fate as dean jones otherwise
Just shows the difference between a bowler who skids the ball through, sami, and a bowler who hits the deck hard, harmisonRichard said:Amazing thing, of course, is that Ponting took an equal blow from an even faster bowler in Sami in that series played in unfit conditions where he couldn't wear his helmet because it was too hot.
And all he got was a gashed jaw.
Dean Jones' fate had nothing to do with him being Dean Jones at all?Richard said:Dean Jones' fate was inflicted also by poor captaincy.
Are you indicating that Jones' career was terminated because of his innings in Madras?Richard said:It had more to do with Alan Border's idiotic impetuousness and failure to realise that the life of one of his players is far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far more important than one piddling Test-match.
No, not at all. I thought you were inferring that for some reason that innings did have some sort of effect on his career.Richard said:No, I don't think it was... was it?
Still played 49 Tests after it.