Technical Information
The joke about cricketers is a male genital protector was in use 200 years ago. No one made head protection before the 1970’s even though at the top level some bowlers were capable of legitimately hurling a 5 ½ oz missile in your direction at speeds approaching 100 mph. Cricket is a strange environment where everyone recognises the sensible option is to wear effective protective equipment. Even now, in this increasingly litigious time, cricketers are wearing equipment that has not been tested, or it is so old it should have been replaced by now. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, sports and medical science concerning concussion only responded to a visible and obvious head trauma, dizziness, double vision and/or being knocked out. We have since learned a great deal more and recognise that standards developed in the past might not be stringent enough given what we now know. The Cricket Helmet testing standard may be one of those. Originally developed in the 1980s, it has been modified over time, but may not be stringent enough for today. Times have moved on and standards will evolve, but our duty is to improve performance and protection now. Remember: Standards for testing and certification of products are science based and designed to replicate in a laboratory what happens in the natural environment in which we live. Most helmet standards appear to have an upper limit 250 gn * as the failure line. Neuroscientist studies suggest: * 1gn = a deceleration of 9.81 m/sec2Cricket and Cricketers
The good news for all cricketers is we have benchmarked all the major brands cricket helmets. Our commissioned indicative test results on major competitor product (in the normative condition) have come in below the Neuroscience concussion threshold.
Cricket Helmet Testing and certification is by INSPEC International Limited, 56 Leslie Hough Way, Salford, Greater Manchester M6 6AJ. INSPEC International primary accreditation standards are ISO/IEC 17065:2012 and ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, the international standards for conformity assessment of certification bodies, and they are independently scrutinised against them. Approved Body Number: 0194 – under the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (Regulation (EU 2016/425 as brought into UK law and amended) and the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 for PPE. INSPEC is an EU Notified Body: INSPEC International Ltd is accredited by UKAS for INSPEC International Ltd is accredited by RvA for INSPEC is accredited by ANAB for Testing
All our cricket helmets have been subjected by INSPEC International to testing under the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2016/425 as brought into UK law and amended, including the testing in accordance with British Standards BS 7928:2013 Our Cricket Helmets are fully tested, comply with, and fulfil essential health & safety requirements set out in the regulations. The relevant documentation can be seen here.Certification
Our Cricket Helmets are in conformity with the type described in the EU type-examination certificates and satisfies the applicable requirements as per Annex VI, Module C of the regulation. C&D® own Declarations of Conformity are available on this website, and hard copies of our formal INSPEC certificates are available upon request. The formal INSPEC International certificates have been supplied to the ICC and all individual member cricket boards (eg, ECB and Cricket Scotland in the UK).Conformity
The following standards apply for all cricket protective equipment, other than cricket helmets. The Testing and Certification of C&D® products to the above standards has been given to SATRA Technology When asked which BS 6183 product testing would be the hardest to pass, (even though they do not indulge in speculation, advice or comment) in SATRA’s opinion the genital protector standard, technically, appears the most difficult to attain. That is the one we have tried first. Cricket is a strange environment where everyone recognises the sensible option is to wear protective equipment. Even now, in this increasingly litigious time, cricketers are wearing equipment that has not been tested, or it is so old it should have been replaced by now. There are standards, as above, governing the testing of that protective equipment for cricket, but the major brands appear reluctant to test and certificate to those standards. It may be that they consider them too rigorous or unnecessary, or have other objections and might want to change the standards to make it easier to pass? Testing and Certification is an expensive and slow process. Each product that is different should be tested and, over a brand’s product range, the cost could be considered prohibitive. At least three cricket brands, including C&D™, have wholly embraced the need to validate personal protective equipment requirements and specifications and have embarked on that path, and we are all having some success. We will happily display brands that successfully test and certify product to BS 6183 standard and the PPE Regulations. The other two have already completed successful testing and certification of Leg Guards and Batting Gloves to BS 6183. Congratulations to Chase Cricket (Chase Brand) and Stanford (SF Brand). www.chasecricket.co.uk and www.stanford.in The time is looming that in 2023 retailers will be legally obliged not to sell personal protective equipment that has not been tested and certificated.Other Protection for Cricketers
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