well, its the same point really when you think.....there seems to be a casual acceptance of glancing blows on the helmet. glancing blows that would be unthinkable without the helmet. if Boycott were correct that the batsman could avoid the ball if he concentrated enough....well honestly, do you buy it? isn't it just old big head doing what he does best - talk bollocks.....(length and line etc!)

sports injuries are inevitable. i was once sitting next in a hospital waiting room with this bloke with a sort of cage on his head....from playing squash.

i like cricket. but sometimes its a guilty pleasure. theres a young man lying dead. shouldn't we accept we've been enjoying young men flirting with danger. the white flannels and the tags of gentlemanly behaviour dress it up, but perhaps time for a rethink.