About this product
This is a cricket batting helmet with a hard shell and a steel grille.
Let us start with why this is not optional. A cricket ball weighs about 160 g and arrives at the head with almost no time to react. Facial and skull injuries in cricket are severe and, on rare occasions, fatal. Every level of organised cricket now requires helmets for batters and for wicketkeepers standing up to the stumps, and no coach should allow a junior to face a hard ball without one.
The mechanism is two-part. A hard outer shell spreads the force of an impact over a wide area and stops penetration. An energy-absorbing liner underneath crushes slightly to slow the head down more gently than the shell alone would. The grille stops the ball reaching the face.
The gap between the peak and the grille is the detail that has changed most in the last decade, and for a grim reason. Older helmets let a player adjust peak and grille independently, and players opened the gap for visibility – then balls came through it and caused serious facial injuries. Helmets meeting the current standard have a fixed, narrower gap. Never modify it, and never buy a helmet because the gap looks comfortable.
Our supplier does not publish a certification for this helmet, and we are not going to imply one. If you need a helmet certified to BS 7928:2013+A1:2019 – and for any competitive cricket, or for a junior, you should – tell us and we will source one with documentation. We would rather have that conversation than sell you something on an assumption.
Puls8 Classic Cricket Helmet