# Piers Morgan faces an over from Brett Lee **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 29, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piers-morgan-faces-an-over-from-brett-lee/677395 "2013-12-29T06:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piers-morgan-faces-an-over-from-brett-lee/677395/21 "2014-01-05T14:44:21Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > (For instance, I had no idea it was ok to throw at the batsman. In baseball any pitcher who’s thought to be doing it intentionally is ejected (broadly speaking), and throwing at the head is a \*major \*taboo, since it can cause serious injury. And cricket helmets don’t seem to be any thicker that baseball helmets, so that in particular seems really weird to me.) A cricket helmet offers more protection than a baseball helmet. It has more internal padding as well as a face mask - it’s probably half way between a baseball helmet and an American football helmet in terms of the amount of protection offered. As has been mentioned earlier in this thread, a cricket ball that hits the batsman in the head will have bounced first, reducing its speed and therefore making it less likely to cause injury - when a batsman gets hit on the head in cricket, they are shaken up, but are usually able to continue batting. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piers-morgan-faces-an-over-from-brett-lee/677395/22 "2014-01-05T16:56:19Z")
[QUOTE=Krav Manga;16985861 …Monty Panesar, a genuine bunny, showed substantially more courage than many of his teammates in the face of aggressive short bowling.[/QUOTE] True. Not a Brian… but Close 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piers-morgan-faces-an-over-from-brett-lee/677395.md?page=1)