What Do Wicket Keepers Wear?
The Wicket-Keeper Is the Only Fielder Permitted to Wear Gloves and External Leg Guards. If These Are Worn, They Are to Be Regarded as Part of His/Her Person...
The wicket-keeper is the only fielder permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. If these are worn, they are to be regarded as part of his/her person for the purposes of Law 28.2 (Fielding the ball).
Do wicket keepers wear a box?
A wicketkeeper also needs the extra protection of wearing a box, gloves and pads. If you're new to wicketkeeping then an ordinary pair of batting pads will do.
Do wicket keepers wear gloves?
Wicket-keepers wear gloves to protect the palms of their hands, and more importantly, their fingers from the often painful impact of the cricket ball. When keeping, it's very easy to end up taking a ball on the end of the fingers or the thumb, so the gloves provide a layer of protection to lessen the blow a little.
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