New Posts For Thread: Cricketer Phil Hughes criticalhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-criticalAfter being hit in the head by a bouncer during a match.Could be the end of the bouncer this, should be imo.What has trying to take a player's head off got to do with the sport?It's just licensed thuggery.the problem is ofc everyone has to bat at somepoint however bad you are at itthe same cant be said for bowlinghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-critical?post_id=542411863#542411863the problem is ofc everyone has to bat at somepoint however bad you are at itthe same cant be said for bowlingTue, 25 Nov 2014 08:39:47 -0600They could also prepare slower/less bouncy pitches. All bowling, at its best, is great to watch when it is a real battle between batsman and bowler whether that be fast and short, line and length seam and swing, or spin.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-critical?post_id=542411597#542411597They could also prepare slower/less bouncy pitches. All bowling, at its best, is great to watch when it is a real battle between batsman and bowler whether that be fast and short, line and length seam and swing, or spin.Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:21:36 -0600Getting a batsman out is not simply about bowling a good length ball.A well bowled bouncer can put the element of surprise in a batsman. Fear even.If you remove the bouncer the game is dead.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-critical?post_id=542411489#542411489Getting a batsman out is not simply about bowling a good length ball.A well bowled bouncer can put the element of surprise in a batsman. Fear even.If you remove the bouncer the game is dead.Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:15:33 -0600Remembering those amazing scenes with Brian Close - and with the Hughes injury…Exciting though it may be for spectators, it does make you reconsider whether bouncers really should be part the game of cricket.Maybe, the height of the wickets shouldhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-critical?post_id=542411283#542411283Remembering those amazing scenes with Brian Close - and with the Hughes injury…Exciting though it may be for spectators, it does make you reconsider whether bouncers really should be part the game of cricket.Maybe, the height of the wickets shouldTue, 25 Nov 2014 07:59:40 -0600Brian Close might have been a Yorkshireman, but at that time he was captain of the Somerset team that had turned Viv Richards into an international batsman.Richards might have been playing for the W Indies in that game, but says that when Close was fhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-critical?post_id=542411027#542411027Brian Close might have been a Yorkshireman, but at that time he was captain of the Somerset team that had turned Viv Richards into an international batsman.Richards might have been playing for the W Indies in that game, but says that when Close was fTue, 25 Nov 2014 07:42:44 -0600no question you need a pair of stones to stand up to that sort of bowling.The question is whether it should be allowed.At present the rules are effectively that the bowler can attempt to take the batsmans head off once every six balls quite legally.Shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-critical?post_id=542410353#542410353no question you need a pair of stones to stand up to that sort of bowling.The question is whether it should be allowed.At present the rules are effectively that the bowler can attempt to take the batsmans head off once every six balls quite legally.STue, 25 Nov 2014 06:48:12 -0600John Conteh stopped his son from playing cricket because of the danger - recommended boxing instead...from a Parkinson interview.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-critical?post_id=542409951#542409951John Conteh stopped his son from playing cricket because of the danger - recommended boxing instead...from a Parkinson interview.Tue, 25 Nov 2014 05:58:34 -0600I've never played at that level but I can't help thinking that standing there and letting the ball hit you is not a very clever idea. Close only averaged 25 with the bat. Just seems common for yorkshire sorts to put the kind of willfully stupid behhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-critical?post_id=542409907#542409907I've never played at that level but I can't help thinking that standing there and letting the ball hit you is not a very clever idea. Close only averaged 25 with the bat. Just seems common for yorkshire sorts to put the kind of willfully stupid behTue, 25 Nov 2014 05:53:50 -060045 years old and facing the fastest bowler ever possibly, without a helmet. He was a very tough cookie.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-critical?post_id=542409887#54240988745 years old and facing the fastest bowler ever possibly, without a helmet. He was a very tough cookie.Tue, 25 Nov 2014 05:50:35 -0600In 1976, the 45-year-old Brian Close was called up for the first three Tests in England's five-Test series against the West Indies,[30] who were no less ferocious than when Close was battered by them in 1963. In the second innings of the third Test ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30391353/cricketer-phil-hughes-critical?post_id=542409801#542409801In 1976, the 45-year-old Brian Close was called up for the first three Tests in England's five-Test series against the West Indies,[30] who were no less ferocious than when Close was battered by them in 1963. In the second innings of the third Test aTue, 25 Nov 2014 05:36:33 -0600