Alison Mitchell reports on the problem of head injuries and how the ECB is tackling the issue with substitutes and research

Alison Mitchell

The ECB’s announcement that they’ll be allowing concussion replacements in professional domestic cricket this season can be traced back to the death of 25-year-old Australian batsman Phillip Hughes.
Hughes died in 2014 after being struck on the head by a bouncer. The incident brought cricket’s health and safety policies into sharp focus, and in 2016 an independent review commissioned by Cricket Australia recommended the use of subst...