Canberra: Ireland fast bowler John Mooney has delved into medieval history to improve his own batting helmet at the World Cup in the aftermath of the Phillip Hughes tragedy, Irish media reported yesterday.


John Mooney (right) shakes hands with West Indies' Darren Sammy after their World Cup match at Saxton Field in Nelson, New Zealand  

The 33-year-old Dubliner designed an attachment, which he calls a "gorget", to protect the neck at the back and side of the head. A "gorget", from the French word for throat, was a crucial part of suits of armour worn in the Middle Ages that protected the neck and throat.