Heat is on for ICC to protect players’ safety

By Richard Edwards

Passenger: Joe Root

MOANING about the heat may appear to be the last bastion of the whinging Pom but as the mercury soared in Sydney last Sunday then so subject of player welfare should have rocketed up the ICC’s agenda in similarly speedy fashion.
There is currently no set policy relating to the management of extreme temperatures during a Test match, despite the sport being played in countries where heatwaves, such as the one witnessed in Sydney, are common.
And, according to a global leader in the study of the impact of heat on athletes, that ...

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