Banning bouncers for U18s ridiculous, probably extra harmful: Michael Vaughan

Lambasting the “ridiculous” suggestion of banning bouncers in under-18 cricket, former England skipper Michael Vaughan says it could be probably extra harmful if kids are uncovered to a short-pitched supply straightaway in males’s cricket.
Recently, concussion specialist Michael Turner, the media director of the International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation, had urged authorities to think about banning the usage of bouncers in opposition to gamers under the age of 18 with the intention to restrict long-term issues.
His suggestion had come after the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the custodians of the sport’s legal guidelines, began a session course of to debate if bowlers ought to proceed to be allowed to make use of bouncers.
However, Vaughan didn’t discover any benefit within the suggestion.
“It is a ridiculous suggestion and yet another example of the world we live in these days where anything risky is deemed too dangerous,” Vaughan wrote in ‘The Telegraph’.
“It would be much more dangerous for young kids to only be exposed to the short ball for the first time when they play men’s cricket at a high level. They just would not be equipped to face it,” he added.
Explaining that children on the junior degree do not need the energy to bowl short-pitched deliveries, Vaughan stated if bouncers are banned on the junior degree, the authorities should eliminate it on the elite degree as nicely.
“I see kids coached at junior level and watch my son play. There is very little short-pitched bowling. The bowlers do not have the physical strength as kids to bowl bouncers and the pitches are too slow anyway.”
“It is in the nets where young batsmen can be pinned but they have to learn to play the short ball. If we ban it at junior level then we have to ban it at elite level too,” he added.
The tragic demise of younger Australian batsman Phillip Huges after being hit by a Sean Abbott bouncer throughout a home match in November 2014 had triggered a debate on gamers’ security.
The 25-year-old was hit on the neck, slightly below the helmet. It compelled the producers to revamp the helmets to reinforce security of the batsmen.
“Protective tools is excellent lately. We had one tragic incident involving Phil Hughes however it is rather uncommon there’s a critical damage brought on by a bouncer.
“It does happen, but batsmen do not suffer the same repeated blows to the head as contact sports. The danger is bowling in T20. I reckon one day there will be a serious injury suffered by a bowler having the ball hit back at him,” Vaughan wrote.