Discussions on player safety gathered steam after former Australia batsman Phillip Hughes died in 2014 having been hit on the head by a bouncerCricket authorities should consider banning bouncers in the junior game to limit the risk of concussion, Michael Turner, a head injury specialist, told The Telegraph. Discussions on player safety gathered steam after former Australia batsman Phillip Hughes died in 2014 having been hit on the head by a bouncer. "You want to avoid concussing the adolescent brain while it's still evolving," Turner, medical director of the International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation, told the newspaper. "If stopping concussion means changing the rules to ensure that there are no short deliveries in junior cricket, this should be a serious consideration. The way forward is to prevent concussion taking place -- by changing the rules if necessary," he added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 25, 2021 07:41 UTC