Ben Stokes has taken a swipe at the advertising around the boundary rope after the part they played in ending Reece Topley’s World Cup.
And Stokes has called on the game to find a safer solution than the triangular shaped covers currently used which Topley landed on trying to take a boundary catch and seriously damaged his left ankle ligaments.
The padded foam triangles are 20cm in height, five times that of the traditional rope, and are designed to provide maximum exposure to sponsors with their names blazoned on both sides. It was Topley’s misfortune to land awkwardly enough to ruin his World Cup hopes, and he is flying home on Friday.
