Improved safety

• Since 2017, players in 104 countries across five continents benefit from conforming helmets.
• Complete elimination of serious facial injury when wearing a helmet.

Standards and testing widely adopted

• Test methodologies successfully transferred to Inspec International Ltd.
• The ICC now maintains a list of manufacturers and helmet models certified to the new standards (18 manufacturers and more than 100 helmet models listed in December 2019).

Ripple effect

• New stakeholder-based research community established – comprising cricket equipment manufacturers, governing bodies, standards agencies, and test houses.
• ECB playing regulations updated, and further investment in head injury research.
• Other sports governing bodies adopt new research-based approaches to health and safety.