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In Good Conscience: Is cricket becoming as concussive as boxing?

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There should be no merit in comparing boxing to cricket.

Poets have called Pugilism the Noble Art, but there is no other sport where it is legal to disable the brain of an opponent by a knockout.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 24, 2019, with the headline In Good Conscience: Is cricket becoming as concussive as boxing?. Subscribe