![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/injured-england-star-reece-topley-slams-boundary-toblerone-after-stokes-anger/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_GettyImages-1429066244.jpg&description=Reece Topley's T20 World Cup hopes were ended after he suffered a serious ankle injury when he got his spikes caught in the plastic coating on a boundary 'Toblerone'Reece Topley was set to play a key role for England at the T20 World CupEngland bowler Reece Topley has blasted the advertising 'Toblerones' around the boundary rope as 'unsafe' after he was ruled out of the T20 World Cup due to an ankle ligament injury. Topley, who was set to play a key role in England's tournament after remarkably battling back from five stress fractures of the back across a six-year period, was robbed of the chance after he ruptured his angle ligaments during a fielding drill in Brisbane ahead of the warm-up game against Pakistan. While practicing boundary saves, Topley got his spikes caught in the plastic coating on the advertising 'Toblerone', went over on his ankle and "ruptured all my ligaments on that outside part of my ankle and tore some muscles around it as well". The 28-year-old has now called for change, with the size of the 'Toblerones', which are 20cm in height and five times that of the traditional boundary rope, what made his injury a World Cup ending one. "People have said it's a freak accident and all I can do is point out the ankle-high boundary advertising right next to where a player stands throughout a game," Topley told the Daily Mail . "I don't think that really is a freak incident. "It's happened before and it will probably happen again. People think the 'Toblerones' are fun and engaging but there's something there that doesn't facilitate anything. It can hinder you by being in your mind. "Is it safe? No. Why is it there? Purely for money. It's not there to enhance the playing experience or broaden the game in any way." Topley's World Cup was ended after damaging his ankle on the advertising 'Toberones' on the boundary rope ( Alex Davidson/Getty Images) England teammate Ben Stokes has also blasted them and called on the ICC to find a safer alternative, saying: "){kind=link}
Reece Topley’s T20 World Cup hopes were ended after he suffered a serious ankle injury when he got his spikes caught in the plastic coating on a boundary ‘Toblerone’
England bowler Reece Topley has blasted the advertising ‘Toblerones’ around the boundary rope as ‘unsafe’ after he was ruled out of the T20 World Cup due to an ankle ligament injury.
Topley, who was set to play a key role in England’s tournament after remarkably battling back from five stress fractures of the back across a six-year period, was robbed of the chance after he ruptured his angle ligaments during a fielding drill in Brisbane ahead of the warm-up game against Pakistan.
While practicing boundary saves, Topley got his spikes caught in the plastic coating on the advertising ‘Toblerone’, went over on his ankle and “ruptured all my ligaments on that outside part of my ankle and tore some muscles around it as well”.
The 28-year-old has now called for change, with the size of the ‘Toblerones’, which are 20cm in height and five times that of the traditional boundary rope, what made his injury a World Cup ending one.