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Yorkshire's Simon Guy once suffered a fractured cheekbone early in his career. The result was this grotesque looking helmet cum mask that you see in the picture. Teammates were quick to dub it the Hannibal Mask as a reference to the mask Sir Anthony Hopkins' famous character Hannibal Lecter was made to wear in the movie 'Silence of the Lambs' to keep him from his cannibalistic tendencies.

Talking about it, the wicket-keeper said 'I use it mostly for one-day cricket when you're standing up to guys bowling at 70 or 75mph. 'When batsmen are playing all kinds of sweep shots you're going to take one in the face eventually. It's my livelihood and I can't afford that.' The Guy has a point!

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