Sydney: Compulsory neck guards on helmets for Australian cricketers are ‘not far away’, the national team’s sports medicine chief said today after a sickening blow felled Steve Smith during the second Ashes Test.
Australia have been at the forefront of pressing for better safety measures after the death of Phillip Hughes, who was hit on the base of the skull by a bouncer in a Sheffield Shield game in 2014.
Following an independent investigation into the tragedy, Cricket Australia introduced new rules for concussion substitutes in domestic games.
