Things that confuse you...

[Slime]

The boring answer is largely twofold. One, diving on the square will strip your skin and you only have to do that once or twice to realise it is not fun. The squares will be hard from about June onwards and often bare if you are on an old wicket. Bad enough for normal skin but if you strip skin with a tattoo on the tattoo is then ruined (they could have thought about that prior to having the tattoo but they don't 🤔).

Second up, it will likely be a bowler that has these. They wont be bandages as such, they will have an element of compression to them. This helps circulation, helps relaxes the muscles in their arms a little to avoid tendinitis, tennis elbow etc.

Apologies that the answer isn't a funny one 😥

I remember, back in the day, when we used to play cricket on grass!
I know, sounds ridiculous, doesn't it.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I remember, back in the day, when we used to play cricket on grass!
I know, sounds ridiculous, doesn't it.

Club grounds don't have 6-12 wickets across the width of a square. The outfield will be fine but diving on a compressed square will not be fun. They are diving on it regularly, not just once a week on a Saturday. If I was in the covers I'd be bandaged up. Not much need at third man though 😄