Whenever they show old clips, no one seems to be wearing any gloves, visors etc - surely there were fast bowlers then?
2007-03-20 01:45:19 · 7 answers · asked by Quickswitch79 2 in Sports ➔ Cricket
I'm pretty sure Dennis Amiss was the first test player to wear a helmet (a police motorcyclist helmet at that), in the early to mid 70's, to protect himself against the quick bowlers from West Indies and Australia.
2007-03-20 11:17:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having followed CRICKET, as a sport, for MANY YEARS, now, - let me say THIS!
The first Englishman, that I remember, seeing, in any form of VISIBLE "PROTECTIVE" gear, - apart from BATTING GLOVES, and LEG PADS, -was the former England skipper, MIKE BREARLEY, - who wore an unobtrusive, - hard PLASTIC, or POLYURETHANE, - SKULL CAP, with weird-looking "PROTRUSIONS", to offer some protection, to the TEMPLES, - UNDER his normal, CLOTH cap! That, would have been around 1978, or 1979! And, YES, - there WERE some REALLY FAST bowlers, around!
There were, - by way of a couple of EXAMPLES, -West Indians, like the LATE, lamented MALCOLM MARSHALL, - ANDY ROBERTS, and, the man, known across the CRICKET World, as "WHISPERING DEATH", - HIS name, was MICHAEL HOLDING!
And, - for Australia, - there were the likes of JEFF THOMPSON, and the "KING OF THE QUICKIES", himself, - the legendary DENNIS KEITH LILLEE!
ENGLAND'S best "EXAMPLES" of the day, were the likes of the former England SKIPPER, - BOB WILLIS, of WARWICKSHIRE, - the ESSEX left-armer, JON LEVER, - and YORKSHIRE quickie, CHRIS OLD!
Ah, yes, - THEY were the days!
2007-03-20 03:48:43 · answer #2 · answered by Spike 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wore gloves and pads but there was no helmet till the early 70's which was brought in the game by Sunil Gavasker because of the pacemen of West Indies and Australia.
2007-03-20 01:51:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After Ralph Von Higgings took one in the Cricket.
2007-03-20 01:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by C D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1983
2007-03-20 01:52:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-27 00:26:39 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So their nuts didn't explode when the ball hit them at 100/mph.
For protection. Why else?
2007-03-20 01:50:04 · answer #7 · answered by Shantelle G 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋