Lokomotiv's Proposed Changes to Cricket

[Lillian Thomson]

Anyone who's English or Welsh qualifies for England as of right, and anyone who's Irish or Scottish and is good enough (or named Gavin Hamilton) will also play for England. Apart from Hadlee and Crowe no New Zealander from the past 50 years would have made the Australian team anyway.
The current rules whereby promising young Englishmen are not selected unless there are no mediocre South African rejects available is more than adequate.

 

[duffer]

A combined Caribbean team imo

Heh. Under-appreciated post.

 

[Lokomotiv]

Why not D/L method for First Class Cricket?

The D/L method is used in the limited-over games, including World Cup.
But why is the D/L method not used for Tests and other First Class Cricket? Is there any problem for using it in the case of rain or declaration?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Yes.

 

[Lokomotiv]

All teams should have change kits

Unlike ball sports like Football and Rugby, in Cricket the colours of both teams can be same. In the Scotland v Aotearoa/NZ game, the colours of both sides were very similar. All teams should have change kits for the case of colour clash.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Unlike ball sports like Football and Rugby, in Cricket the colours of both teams can be same. In the Scotland v Aotearoa/NZ game, the colours of both sides were very similar. All teams should have change kits for the case of colour clash.

You think the World Cup was bad? You should watch 1st class games and test matches. The colours (colors for any Americans) are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too similar.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I disapprove of this Loko thread. Makes too much sense.

 

[Lokomotiv]

Yes in Tests all team are in white. Why?

 

[Red]

Dawood goes, Loko returns.

The circle of life.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Yes in Tests all team are in white. Why?

Red ball.

 

[Adders]

Unlike ball sports like Football and Rugby, in Cricket the colours of both teams can be same. In the Scotland v Aotearoa/NZ game, the colours of both sides were very similar. All teams should have change kits for the case of colour clash.

Why? Do you have trouble differentiating between the 2 sides on the field?

 

[Lokomotiv]

Why? Do you have trouble differentiating between the 2 sides on the field?

No, but clearly different colours must be more beautiful for watching at stadium or on TV.
And, unlike normal ODIs or WCL, sponsor logos on kits are not allowed, and country names are printed on the chest. I think that sponsor logos should be allowed, and country names should be printed over the player numbers on the back. And there should also be player numbers on the front.

 

[Daemon]

I would like the players to wear nothing, it would be even more beautiful to watch

 

[fredfertang]

Would put streakers out of business

 

[SuperMurali]

I would like the players to wear nothing, it would be even more beautiful to watch

well that's one way to boost viewership of women's cricket

 

[Lokomotiv]

well that's one way to boost viewership of women's cricket

In American Baseball, Catchers normally wear male protection (prick guard), because sometimes foul balls hit Catchers' pricks.

 

[Lokomotiv]

ICC's standard for WCL pitches

There is the minimum standard for WCL pitches by ICC.
Should all Cricket pitches for official competitions be same size by this standard?

 

[Lokomotiv]

Cricket field size must be same and smaller

I do not think that field size of Test Cricket should be same; because there is no World Cup or World Championship in Test Cricket. So Test Cricket should be more entertaining than competitive.
But I think that Cricket field size of WCL, World Cup or World T20 must be same and smaller than the present standard.
Size must be same because they are world official competitions. Size must be smaller in order to make taking wickets easier.
The other reason for smaller field is because in the countries in which there are not much Cricket fields (like Japan), it must be possible that Athletic and Baseball stadiums can be reformed to Cricket stadiums.
In Japan, there are too many athletic stadiums because of "Kokutai" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Sports_Festival_of_Japan

 

[Gnske]

Lokomotiv, I really like this post. Do you mind if I save it?

 

[Lokomotiv]

Lokomotiv, I really like this post. Do you mind if I save it?

Of course no problem.