Cricket Helmets

A lot of sports have an element of danger - American football, football aka soccer, boxing, MMA, car racing, show jumping, horse racing etc etc.

What happened to Hughes was a "freak" accident.

The answer to whether bouncing should be banned is no and yes. Yes, it is a weapon for a fast bowler. However, this weapon does not always get him a wicket. It is mostly used to set up the batsman. It is generally the ball after this, which does the trick for the bowler. For example, it is followed by a length ball or the ‘Yorker’ and that is the one that gets the wicket. So why should it be banned? If it is, then it should be equally applied to all sorts of bowling, like leg spins. 
The argument can be that the bouncer does physically endanger the batsman, unlike other deliveries. But, I think for that there are enough checks – there are umpires who monitor the unwanted use and there are rules to how many can be bowled in an over. Also, with time, the quality of the headgear has improved. Lastly, most of the wickets these days are not fast.
No, they should not be banned. Fast bowling and the skill to play them is an important ingredient of Test cricket and should be preserved. It also tests the real skill of a batsman.

Correct it is intended to surprise : no different than a wrong 'un...or a doosra 

the master blaster was mad..and as with the mad very lucky.  he too shud have bought lottery tickets ate every opportunity.  he would have long hit a huge jackpot

Dem fellas need to learn how to deal with the bouncer. The delivery from Johnson was a good one.

Kohli took his eyes off the ball and just ducked - and the ball thudded into his helmet.

The way these batsmen deal with the bouncer is just plain crazy.

Baseball helmets? Are you serious? Cricket and baseball are very different sports. Baseball batters don't have to worry about the ball hitting the ground before reaching them hence it is much easier to  protect the head from injury. When you know the ball will always be tossed in the air towards you makes like very comfortable.

sure the baseball doh hit the ground.... but yu mus' have never seen a bench clearing brawl sparked by an errant bean ball to the head : : :

the baseball batter can be hit on the head too...exactly where the cricketer got hit and died.

'dat is why deh make helmit to cover dat area of the head on the pitchers side'

I believe it is far more difficult if not impossible to get out of the way of a 95mph baseball coming straight for your head.

As mapoui pointed out when batters get hit there is normally a bench clearing brawl if the batter feels it was intentional.

In cricket in the pre helmet era batsmen did get hit but they were forced to keep their eye on the ball.

The great and very good batsmen almost never got hit or at least not hit on the head.

What happened with Kohli today was a chilling reminder of the way modern batsmen are dealing with the short pitched delivery.