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Interesting stat out yesterday:
Ajmal Shahzad really should have done so much more.
Dead rubber fun, shame Shannon Gabriel's been a twat.
As entertaining as Buttler/Gayle innigs were, I hope the WC in England this summer is played on greener/damper pitches and a more even playing field between bat and ball.
World record of 23 sixes in an innings in the 1st ODI, lasted a week, before 24 being struck yesterday. Roll on Test cricket and being 100-5 again.
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They have to speed the game up. It's ridiculous at the moment. I don't mind the idea of some kind of countdown, but I don't know if it's the best way. Maybe they should get a shorter lunch break if they haven't bowled enough overs. That's a bit unfair on the batsmen though.
I know Richie Benaud was always in favour of reverting to the back foot no-ball rule. There were two reasons for this. Firstly, it gave time for the umpire to call no-ball and the batsman to respond, and also it's difficult for the umpire to look at the front foot line, and then refocus at the other end quickly. It might improve quality of decisions on LBW etc.
I don't think it's good to give one company the monopoly on ball manufacture, but maybe there needs to be a list of approved balls. At the moment, the Dukes may be the only ball on the list, but you have to give other manufacturers the opportunity to improve their offerings.
The thing they aren't addressing is bats. The bats these days are ridiculous. Mishits are going for 6 - that just isn't right. I don't know whether a maximum thickness on bats would help, but that is one of the biggest issues in the balance between bat and ball.
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I actually think all of the potential changes put forward will benefit test cricket (except free hit) The standardised ball is a must for me though interesting to see how the ball manufacturers move forward.
You do wonder though, if by trying to speed up test cricket, it would lead to even more abysmal test batting.
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Really it isn't a standardised ball but a standardised manufacturer as there are plenty of reports of the red and pink ball behaving differently.
It is also curious to see how the focus is on the ball yet the standards for Test wickets are arguably lower than the standards for the County Championship.
On Brexit day, Big Ben's chimes are going to be replaced by that trumpet in celebration of taking back control.
FFS, they are messing with my cricket and 3 years after voting to leave the EU we're further away than ever, I'm having a terrible day.
Then when I wasn't busy I actually read it properly.
Very bold decision from Durham CCC.
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It is clearly due do how the 20/20 game has evolved and the best players are playing in 20/20 leagues all over the world for good money. It is detrimental to the quality of the English game.
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