Cricket Australia on Friday (July 19) supported the International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision to𝓰 introduce concussion substitutes ahead of the men's Ashes series, beginning August 1 in the UK.
Concussion substitutes have been trialled at domestic level in Au♍stralia since the 2016-17 season.
At its annual conference in London, ICC confirmed that concussion substitutes will come into effect in the international crickဣet from August 1, the same day men's 𒁏Ashes between Australia and England commence at Edgbaston.
The replaceme🌃nt player will need to be a like-for-like to the one substituted out and will be subject to the approval of the match referee.
Cricket ♐Australia's Sports Science and Sports Medicine Manager, Alex Kountouris welcomed the ICC decision, saying, "Cricket Australia has been trialling concussion substitutes since 2016-17 in domestic limited-overs matches (one-day and T20) and since 2017-18 in first-class domestic matches. The introduction of the substitutes has been well received across Australian Cricket by players, coaches and medical staff."
"It has allowed medical staff to assess players with a suspected concussion during matches free of𓄧 the pressures of leaving a team one player short. Additionally, the rule will also allow players to declare symptoms of concussion (that can sometimes occur well after the incident), knowing that their team will not be disadvantaged," Kountouris added.
Cricket Austrཧalia's Interim Executive General Manager Team Performance, Belinda Clark said that the Ausღtralian board is proud to have played a leading role in the decision-making of the concussion substitutes
"We welcome the introduction of concussion substitutes for international cricket. It's something we're proud to have been at the forefront of and we're delighted the ICC has agreed to not only introduce it but also to ensure it is in place for the start of the men's Ash🍷es series that marks the beginning o🌃f the World Test Championship," she said.
"The first opportunity to apply this for the Australian women's Team will be in the ICC International🍸 Women's championship series against the West Indies in September. The measure places player welfare front and centre and anything that does that has to be applauded,🉐" Clark added.
