Men's Test Match Appendix A Definitions 2: Implements and equipment

2.1. Implements used in the match are the bat, the ball, the stumps and bails.

2.2. External protective equipment is any visible item of apparel worn for protection against external blows.

For a batsman, items permitted are a protective helmet, external leg guards (batting pads), batting gloves and, if visible, forearm guards.

For a fielder, only a protective helmet is permitted, except in the case of a wicket-keeper, for whom wicket- keeping pads and gloves are also permitted.

2.3. A protective helmet is headwear made of hard material and designed to protect the head or the face or both, which shall (in line with the Clothing and Equipment Regulations) be certified to BS7928:2013. For the purposes of interpreting these Playing Conditions, such a description will include faceguards.

2.4. Equipment – a batsman’s equipment is his/her bat as defined above, together with any external protective equipment he/she is wearing.

A fielder’s equipment is any external protective equipment that he/she is wearing.

2.5. The bat – the following are to be considered as part of the bat:

• the whole of the bat itself.

• the whole of a glove (or gloves) worn on the hand (or hands) holding the bat.

• the hand (or hands) holding the bat, if the batsman is not wearing a glove on that hand or on those hands.

2.6. Held in batsman’s hand. Contact between a batsman’s hand, or glove worn on his/her hand, and any part of the bat shall constitute the bat being held in that hand.