ICC committee for British Safety Standard helmets to be made mandatory

Dubai : The International Cricket Council’s cricket committee has recommended that the governing body should make the latest British Safety Standard (BSS) helmets mandatory in the international cricket.
“The committee considered the matter of helmet safety following a presentation on injury surveillance trends by ICC medical consultant Dr Craig Ranson. The committee expressed concerns that there were still too many instances of international cricketers wearing helmets which did not meet the latest British Safety Standard (BSS),” the ICC said in a press release. “It recommended that the ICC should enforce the wearing of the latest BSS compliant helmets in all international cricket,” it added.
The committee during a two-day meeting at the Lord’s, which ended on Wednesday, observed that the current playing conditions allow the players to receive the best possible medical treatment, so there is no need to introduce new innovations like ‘concussion substitute’.
“The committee considered a proposal from Cricket Australia for a “concussion substitute” to be trialled for two years in domestic first-class cricket. The committee acknowledged the seriousness of the issue of concussion in cricket, and stressed the need for consistent concussion policy to be implemented in all countries, but its view was that the current Laws and playing conditions allow players to receive the best possible medical treatment, and further change to the regulations in this area is not required at present,” it insisted.
The other recommendations that were raised during the meeting centered on day-night Test match, the DRS technology, and maintaining the balance between bat and ball through sporting pitches and bat size.
The committee supported the efforts to widen the audience for Test cricket across all member countries, and acknowledged the success of the inaugural day-night Test between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide.