MELBOURNE: Australia's cricket board will make it mandatory for players to wear protective caps when confronting quick and medium-paced rocking the bowling alley in accordance with proposals from a survey into the demise of Test batsman Phillip Hughes.
Wicketkeepers and players handling near the wicket will likewise need to wear head protectors in top of the line matches as per the David Curtain survey, which was discharged on Wednesday.
The head protectors, obligatory in amusements and amid practice, must hold fast to the most elevated British standard, Cricket Australia (CA) said.
Hughes was struck on the back of the head by a rising conveyance when batting for South Australia in a local match in November 2014.
He kicked the bucket two days after the fact in a Sydney clinic matured 25.
"There's not a day that passes by where we don't consider Phillip," CA manager James Sutherland told correspondents at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.
"This report won't bring him back and it won't do anything to facilitate the torment of his family or his friends and family who miss him most.
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"Be that as it may, we have an obligation and an obligation to guarantee in no way like this ever happens again."
Hughes' demise stunned the cricketing scene and touched off a verbal confrontation about wellbeing guidelines, especially for batsmen, who confront quick rocking the bowling alley that can surpass 150 kilometers for each hour.
Hughes was wearing an Australian standard head protector when he was struck however the Curtain report said even the more current British standard cap accessible at the time would not have managed him additional insurance from the blow.
The report additionally said a clear defer in the entry of the rescue vehicle group that treated Hughes had influence in his demise.
"I am of the feeling the consideration got by Phillip in the wake of being struck had no part at all on his ensuing destruction, because of the nature and seriousness of his harm," it said.
The report likewise suggested wicketkeepers play with defensive eye-wear yet held back before embracing the clasp on neck protects on the back of caps, which a few players have worn after Hughes' passing.
Sutherland said CA still urged players to wear the gatekeepers however surrendered, similar to the report, that more research was required to figure out if they really expanded security.
"We're positively taking up the running on that to ensure we comprehend it better," he said.
Sutherland said the board had additionally looked for endorsement from the International Cricket Council to trial the utilization of damage substitutes who could bat and bowl in household recreations.
Substitutes have been allowed to supplant harmed or sick players in matches for more than 100 years yet are not permitted to bat, bowl or go about as wicketkeepers or skippers, as indicated by the laws of the amusement.
At first the substitutes would supplant players precluded by blackout yet in future their utilization could be extended to incorporate different types of damage, Sutherland included.
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