Cricket Musings .

Cricket Musings       .

Anil Kumble Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee has submitted a detailed report to ICC suggesting several changes in the game format. His main argument is that cricket is becoming a batman’s’ game and bowlers importance is being relegated. The report suggests removal of power play and many other changes. I as a layman suggest the following changes.

1.    Substitution rule should be introduced in cricket also like other games. Team can be of say 15 members or more. (Only 11 will play) Thus we can have the best batsmen, best bowlers and best fielders in the team. This will also gives chance to more players and also to excellent fielders who are neither good batsman nor good bowler.

2.    Size of the cricket ground (playing area) should be standardized and should be uniform everywhere. Only in cricket we see small ground, medium ground, big ground etc. Such type of non standard grounds will make cricket a non standard game and comparison of runs in different grounds will be meaningless.

3.    At present 6 runs are provided for a sixer irrespective of the distance covered. I suggest that nomenclature of “sixer” may be changed and if the super hit covers more than 100 meters, the batsman may be awarded 10 runs. That will make a great spectacle for the viewers.

4.    If a player is injured during the match, he may be substituted with another player instead of declaring him ‘retired hurt’. Umpires can take the help of doctors also to find out whether the injury is serious enough to warrant replacement.

FB friends especially those avid cricket fans and cricket experts may comment on these suggestions. Whether implementations of these suggestions will make the match more attractive or not is the moot point. Technical feasibility and cricketing viability of these suggestions may also be examined and commented upon.