Cabinet96
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These rules are interesting but they are just more rules designed to help batsmen destroy bowlers.
Two new balls at each end in ODI's
This is just designed to help batsmen, but could work either way. Keep the ball harder for longer and take reverse swing out of the accusation. The thought of England running in with 2 new balls against Sehwag, Tendulkar and Gambhir on a flat track in India makes me fell sick. And the though of the poor buggers getting no reverse swing at the death against Yuvraj, Raina and Dohni gives similar feelings.
It also makes spinners less effective. Usually a spinner will be coming on with a 15 over old ball, now it will be just 7 overs old. Weird.
However the thought of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel steaming in with a new ball each on a spicy Johannesburg track gives me chills.
It also, however, means that the bowling team can work on each ball differently trying to get one to reverse straight away and trying to keep the other ball hard a shinny.
Powerplay must be during overs (16-40)
This is interesting. It's clear they are trying to get rid of the boring middle overs where teams just pick off singles with minimal risk. It could mean more positive cricket during the middle overs but I fear that they will just try and milk in the powerplays anyway. Just bring a couple men up and bowl to your field while they go at 6 an over, sounds fine for the bowling team.
I do however think it's stupid that if a team were 20-4 after 10 over the bowling team can't take the powerplay. Imagine they keep the field up and suddenly the batting team are 60-4 and you've lost all momentum by the time you can take the powerplay.
Two new balls at each end in ODI's
This is just designed to help batsmen, but could work either way. Keep the ball harder for longer and take reverse swing out of the accusation. The thought of England running in with 2 new balls against Sehwag, Tendulkar and Gambhir on a flat track in India makes me fell sick. And the though of the poor buggers getting no reverse swing at the death against Yuvraj, Raina and Dohni gives similar feelings.
It also makes spinners less effective. Usually a spinner will be coming on with a 15 over old ball, now it will be just 7 overs old. Weird.
However the thought of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel steaming in with a new ball each on a spicy Johannesburg track gives me chills.
It also, however, means that the bowling team can work on each ball differently trying to get one to reverse straight away and trying to keep the other ball hard a shinny.
Powerplay must be during overs (16-40)
This is interesting. It's clear they are trying to get rid of the boring middle overs where teams just pick off singles with minimal risk. It could mean more positive cricket during the middle overs but I fear that they will just try and milk in the powerplays anyway. Just bring a couple men up and bowl to your field while they go at 6 an over, sounds fine for the bowling team.
I do however think it's stupid that if a team were 20-4 after 10 over the bowling team can't take the powerplay. Imagine they keep the field up and suddenly the batting team are 60-4 and you've lost all momentum by the time you can take the powerplay.
Back in 90's, there were first 15 overs of fixed powerplay, and I never thought those matches were boring.
