Updated On: 22 August, 2019 05:19 AM IST | | Clayton Murzello
The keenness of Brearley, Greig and Amiss to develop head protection that has resulted in a safer world for batsmen must be recognised

Australian batsman Graham Yallop bats with a crash helmet against West Indies in the Barbados Test match of the 1977-78 series. Pic/Patrick Eagar, mid-day archives
Steven Smith's much-publicised head injury, sustained in the second Ashes Test at Lord's, must have a profound influence on the game.
The Australians should have been far more inclined towards this extra protection since their countryman Phillip Hughes lost his life due to a head injury in a Sheffield Shield match in the 2014-15 season.Dr Peter Brukner, who was Cricket Australia's chief medico when Hughes suffered his fatal injury, is justifiably stunned that his country's players have not opted for the protection. "It amazes me that even people who were there on the day that Hughes was struck, still will not wear the stem guards. One player said the way I play, I never get hit in that region. Sure enough, six months later, he got hit in that region," Dr Brukner told the Sydney Morning Herald.