Possible restrictions on bats being looked at

[NasserFan207]

Balance favours batsmen - David Richardson | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Are they finally going to do something about this issue? If so, about time.

Nothing pisses me off more than seeing ****ty batsmen mis-hit amazing bowlers for six.

 

[Immenso]

Thank god, really detracts from my enjoyment of watching cricket.

I feel like I'm being lied to when I see leading edges go for 6.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Another strangely sensible move from the ICC. It'll be interesting to see what - if anything - they come up with in this regard.

 

[andmark]

About time. One wonders if they'll go through with it though, what with big hitting being more financially viable than good bowling in attracting non- cricketing fans.

 

[GotSpin]

Yeah biggest farce in cricket - feels so cheap seeing a mistimed leg glance sail over the point boundary.

 

[Midwinter]

About time. One wonders if they'll go through with it though, what with big hitting being more financially viable than good bowling in attracting non- cricketing fans.

this is part of the problem

 

[16 tins of Spam]

I really hope so, but this sentence is so full of hedging as to be meaningless:

"the ICC will be looking at giving perhaps some consideration to placing limitations on the depth of a bat in particular."

 

[Top_Cat]

So short-sighted. Two new balls, changes to the ring fielder rule and boundaries brought in yet bat technology is being blamed? Come on.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Two new balls wasn't a good fix, tbh. Takes the spinner and reverse swing out of the game.

 

[OverratedSanity]

About damn time.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

So short-sighted. Two new balls, changes to the ring fielder rule and boundaries brought in yet bat technology is being blamed? Come on.

Seeing as their first solution is to move the boundaries back out, I don't think things are quite as short sighted as you're making out.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah the interview sounded quite reasonable.

He also made plenty of justifications for two new balls.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

So short-sighted. Two new balls, changes to the ring fielder rule and boundaries brought in yet bat technology is being blamed? Come on.

Also fail to see what changes to the ring fielder restrictions has to do with Richardson's main point about poor shots and top edges going for six. You could have no fielding restrictions and that would still be an issue.

 

[sledger]

You just need taller fielders imo.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I propose no restrictions on bats, but everyone has to make their own bat from a log they get at the start of the season.

 

[social]

So short-sighted. Two new balls, changes to the ring fielder rule and boundaries brought in yet bat technology is being blamed? Come on.

It's ridiculous

For example, boundary ropes were originally introduced as a safety pre-caution/insurance issue IIRC

They were not originally intended to create a huge buffer to house cameramen, sightscreens, advertising hoardings, assorted hangers on, etc or to fundamentally change the nature of several grounds

At a bare minimum, I would like to see the introduction of a rule whereby a maximum setback distance (say 2 m) is imposed.

That would at least allow grounds to retain their distinctive flavour and ensure that batsmen aren't able to drop-kick 6s on artificially short boundaries at many Australian grounds.

I also do not understand the rule whereby a fielder must remain completely within the rope even after completing a catch

After all, if a rugby player gets the ball down before going into touch, it is still a try irrespective of where he ends up

It is also a nonsense that a batsman gets awarded with 6 if the ball hits the rope on the full

I could go on but you probably get my gist

Anyway, there are far easier options than outlawing bats of a certain type

 

[Spikey]

So short-sighted. Two new balls, changes to the ring fielder rule and boundaries brought in yet bat technology is being blamed? Come on.

You sound just like a batsman and the bat-making industry. Please declare your possible conflicts of interest

 

[JBMAC]

It's a big hoo hah over nothing. This subject also reared it's ugly head back in the sixties because Peter Burge used a bat twice the weight of conventional usage ones of the times. Bowlers have to learn /relearn the art of bowling to accommodate these heavier bats. Maybe even the "ropes" should be moved closer to the boundary fence. Imagine the sixers Bradman would have hit with shortened fields.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I've said it before, so it won't stop me from saying it again... If every batsman can have their own bat, then every bowler should have their own ball.

That should balance things out a bit.

 

[zorax]

I propose no restrictions on bats, but everyone has to make their own bat from a log they get at the start of the season.

I've said it before, so it won't stop me from saying it again... If every batsman can have their own bat, then every bowler should have their own ball.

That should balance things out a bit.

I'd watch this form of cricket tbh.