Interesting observation last night watching that woeful but all to common batting display by England.
The Burnley Lara took a couple of blows on the hands yesterday from Mad Mitch. One hit him flush on the top hand at 90+mph trapping his hand against the handle, and he seemed ok. When he asked for the magic spray it was a glancing blow on the thumb of the bottom hand which caused him pain. The commentators thought it was the blow on the tophand he was getting treatment for, but in fact it was his bottom hand thumb.
Just goes to show
a) the glove when hit flush by a 5.5oz missile even at 90+mph can protect the hands well without too much discomfort afterwards
b) even these 'super-douper' gloves did not provide much comfort from a glancing blow - this would be difficult to protect against unless a whole new radical design is thought up (any takers?). However some would say it did a good enough job to prevent a fracture (unless another xray pops up on a twitter account somewhere....)
I guess what I'm saying is that these top of the range gloves can withstand what they can be reliably tested against - ie a flush hit at 90+mph, but simulating accurately and reproducibly a glancing blow is nigh on impossible, so they do the job they are tested for.
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