the other day I saw a south african batsman wearing no helmet. Who was it and is it allowed?

Answer 1

It's up to the player if he wears a helmet or not

Answer 2

Much of the South African team that day did not wear a helmet. It is up to the player (and the team management) as to whether the player wheres a helmet or not. There are no laws saying when a helmet should or should not be worn.
On slower wickets or ones with little bounce, batsmen may choose not to wear a helmet as it is more comfortable and cooler (in temperature) without one. For obvious reasons they just about always wear them on harder, faster pitches with more bounce.
The team management has a rather large say or not in whether the players do or do not wear a helmet. In the England team they are very cautious so the players just about always wear helmets. Today, Flintoff didn't wear a helmet as Bangladesh do not have any particularly fast bowlers.

Answer 3

It is entirely upto the batsman whether he chooses to wear a helmet or not. It is common to see batsmen without a helmet when spinners are bowling from both ends. After helmets came into play, the only batsman who refused to wear one was the great Sir Vivian Richards. Even Sir Garfield Sobers (who was from the pre-helmet era) said he would never have worn one simply because you don't need one with a bat in your hand.

Answer 4

It was De Villieurs, and yes you are allowed not to wear a helmet. It's also stated in the rules. And it also depends on you. Most Batsmens only don't wear helmets, when they are facing spinners and this is because spinners dont bowl very fast, and the ball doesn't bounce very high either.

Answer 5

Wearing a helmet is not mandatory. The helmet became popular because of mainly English players being afraid of the West Indies bowling line-up of the 70's and 80's.

Answer 6

AB De Villiers did not have a helmet . As u have probably noticed from the answers there is no law that says you have to wear a helmet , but if you are a junior you do have to , whether it is a Junior match or in a senior game.

Answer 7

It was De Villiers. Wearing a helmet is a purely a matter of personal choice...and many batsmen will remove their helmet if they are facing spinners for a long time..

Answer 8

It may have been Gibbs, I've seen him without a helmet before. And yes, it is allowed but not a very smart thing to do of course.

Answer 9

You are nuts if you choose not to wear a helmet to the quicks. I do even at crap club level. Spinners are a different story unless you happen to top-edge a ball into your teeth.

Answer 10

Helmets are only compulsory for juniors when betting or keeping wicket standing up to the stumps. Even this can be waived with the consent of the juniors guardian.