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No way! It's part of the game.
How many times as a child have you been hit with the ball whilst playing? Rolling on the ground in agony, and all your friends, girls as well as boys (small village, not enough lads for a game) telling you to get up or you will be bowled out.
No such thing then as protective headgear, the batsmen shared a pair of pads (if the owner wasn't out shopping with his mam) and the poor 'wickety' didn't even get a glove.
Back to the question. With an aerodynamic ball, you would loose the effect of 'spin' to a large extent, and therefore the batsman would know what the track of the ball would be and stay at the crease all day. Not what gives to entertaining cricket I would think
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