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Originally Posted by Wpnfire
The thing is, "freak accident" is kind of a misdirection (no offense Vanilla). Cricket pitches are around 90 MPH/144KMH? For comparison, baseball pitches are thrown that fast, and the last person who died from being hit in the head by a pitch was in 1920.
1920.
Huges is, what, the second person in a couple years to die from a being hit by the ball?
^ that's a terrifying statistic.
Something needs to come from this in regards to how cricket players are protected. Clearly, a helmet alone does not cut it.
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But if you give them too much padding they become less mobile and end up getting hit more. And a cricket ball is a hell of a lot harder than a baseball.