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Cricket has endorsed head-hunting for too long. It’s time for the bouncer to go. – Sydney Morning Herald
The bouncer is cricket’s version of a coat-hanger tackle in footy and, for the long-term brain health of players, must be removed from the game.
Bowlers are disadvantaged enough as it is, and to have the bouncer as a shock tactic to keep batsmen on their mettle is vital to maintaining the competitive balance. For decades, we are conditioned to see short-pitched bowling as a fabulous spectacle: the great fast bowlers tearing in, the great batsmen having to react skilfully in a split-second.
The bouncer is one of the unique joys in elite long-form cricket; at lower levels bowlers simply aren’t fast enough, and in limited-overs cricket it has…
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