4 instances when bowlers donned a face gear in cricket

2. Andrew Ellis while playing for Canterbury

While representing Canterbury, Ellis was hit on his head by Auckland’s Jeet Raval and was taken off the field after suffering a major injury. The ball struck his head and bounced off to go for a six.

He was then replaced by a concussion substitute, but he did return to finish the game in the end. In Canterbury’s next season, he was seen wearing a helmet to avoid what had happened to him a year before.

The helmet was similar to the ones that baseball players usually wear. He had been through a scary incident and he surely did not want that to ever happen again and turn into something more severe.