Ehsan bhai or fkhan2 (when you have time :p) please split posts about which batsmen wore helmet when facing pacers and which didn’t… from “A Tribute to Mohammad Yousuf” thread and move’em here.
Mucho gracias
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I think Miandad did do against Lilee before he learned his lesson.
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^ If I am not wrong, Greenidge also never wore a helmet
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^ yes, Greenidge did it (or was it him I was thinking initially?? :D)
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So did Richi Richardson. I remember watching him playing without helmet agaisnt the 2 W’s.
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Greenidge started wearing a helmet regularly towards the end of his career.
The only three batsmen I know who hardly ever or never wore a helmet are:
Richards
Richardson
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Curtly Ambrose (yes, he only wore a helmet in his last few innings) 
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Thats not right he use to wear helmet too. Though I haven’t seen Richards wearing a helmet.
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I don't think Gavaskar wore helmets.
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You must be kidding.
I think the only batsman who never wore a helmet is Richi Richardson not even towards the end of his career.
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I think the only batsman who never wore a helmet is Richi Richardson not even towards the end of his career.
You are right there about Richie Richardson but Viv Richards also never wore a helmet, hence the famous quote 'he took on the world in a cap'
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Inzamam in Semi-final '92 
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Gavaskar was probably the first one to put a helmet on.
Gordon Greenidge also wore helmets.
The players I have never seen playing in a helmet when it was available (post 1970) are:
Viv
Salim Yousuf (Pakistani WK, but I could be wrong here)
Kim Hughes (Aus)
Larry Golmes (WI)
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I don’t know how ‘pacy’ the Kiwis were in 1992, but the discussion was mainly when facing pacers likes of Imran Khan, Lillee, Botham, Marshal etc, generally in “Test” matches where there is/was no limit of bouncers.
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Miandad ofcourse wore a helmet against the quicks but in that famous Australasia Cup Final (Sharjah 1986) he took on India's pop gun attack in a cap.
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On Sharjah pitches against the likes of Cheetan Sharma and Kapil Deo, who needs a helmet? Even Tauseef Ahmed walked in his natural cap.
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Actually, Gavaskar never used a helmet throughout his career. However, after 1983, he started using protection around his ears.
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Whatever the hell that funny looking white stuff was it was a protection of the head and thus a helmet. He didn't wear the one with a visor because then he couldn't bat. he was a limiting batsman in that sense.
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I don't think batting without a helmet is BRAVE, I think it is STUPID.
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^yes STUPID...regardless of the stature of the batsman and the bowler.
I believe even Tendu got hit on the head (Captain1 has constantly yapped about that here).
Ask Bapu Nadkarni. Ask Ewen Chattfield. Ask Raman Lamba (fielding without helmet)
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Iqbal Qasim