Australian cricketers should put on neck protectors on helmets when dealing with quick or medium tempo bowling from October as a part of adjustments to enjoying situations for the 2023/24 home and worldwide seasons.
Governing physique Cricket Australia had really helpful using neck protectors because the loss of life of Phillip Hughes in 2014 however a lot of prime batsmen, together with David Warner and Steve Smith, have resisted carrying them.
They will now need to put on them from Oct. 1 when enjoying at residence or in worldwide cricket abroad or face sanctions underneath guidelines to be launched by CA.
“Protecting the head and neck is extremely important in our sport,” CA’s Head of Cricket Operations & Scheduling Peter Roach stated in an announcement.
“The neck protector product has come a long way in recent years and the decision to make them mandatory comes off the back of a lot of advice and consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.”
The mandate comes per week after Australia all-rounder Cameron Green was struck by a Kagiso Rabada bouncer on the neck guard mounted to his helmet and was substituted out of the primary ODI in opposition to South Africa with concussion.
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It was one in every of a raft of adjustments to enjoying situations, which embody scrapping the automated six runs given to batters who hit the roof of Melbourne’s Docklands Stadium throughout Big Bash League matches.
Umpires will now determine to award a six in the event that they decide the ball would have cleared the boundary.
The use of COVID substitutes, who changed gamers testing constructive for the coronavirus, has additionally been scrapped.
