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From: sanjiva@tesla.UUCP (Sanjiva Prasad)
Newsgroups: net.sport,net.nlang.india,net.followup
Subject: Re: MW Gatting
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 16:05:18 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  5 16:05:18 1986
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> > In article <1140@abnji.UUCP> nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) writes:
> > 
> > >This past week, in the West Indies, Mike Gatting of England
> > >was nearly killed when hit in the head with a bouncer ....  
> > 

According to TOI ( Times of India ), Mar 2 (?) he's having his nose fixed
in London, and plans on being back in the Windies for the third test. Mean-
while Wilf Slack of Middlesex replaces him. MWG has chutzpah.

> >    Don't most batsmen wear protective headgear these days?  Apparently
> 			    ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
> >    Mike wasn't. (huh?)  Is there any legislation to make these mandatory?
> > 
>   I too would be amazed if Gatting wasn't wearing a helmet and that too
>   against the vaunted West Indian battery. The times I've seen Gatting
>   on TV few yrs ago, he was wearing a helmet. 
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Where was that ?
In the last two Indian tours he played, I don't recall seeing him playing with
a helmet on, except while fielding at Madness shortleg. 
But then Indian pitches are dead, and there aren't any Marshalls.

Sanjiva