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If you could change one law/rule in Test cricket?

GoodAreasShane

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_00_deathscar said:
Given how much we like to **** on about WPM etc, I'm not sure they're being 'credited' with it. If only they knew...
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I couldn't two shits about all those sort of tiresome debates personally, picking over the records of older players with a fine tooth comb to try and argue one is better than the other is about as interesting as wallpaper paste


Games that are abandoned with a toss do count towards a players record, and I would agrue very strongly they should not. That is literally all I was saying
 
TheJediBrah

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Blenkinsop said:
Get rid of 'hit the ball twice' as a mode of dismissal. What's the point?

Agree about the 'outside the line' thing for leg before too. And I'd like to trial allowing lbw to balls pitching anywhere. It would encourage legspinners if they could get lbws with their stock ball.
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These are both terrible ideas, but I see starfighter has already addressed them with the obvious responses

gj starfighter
 
Shady Slim

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oh also the other correct answer is make all boundary ropes in all formats 2 metres in from the fence around the ground

either that or make a ball that goes beyond the boundary but short of the stand on the full a five, because it's a mickey mouse six and i hate those
 
Burgey

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Line and Length said:
I have a problem with the suggestion to allow lbw to balls pitching outside leg stump. While it might assist leg spinners, I believe it would lead to negative tactics whereby bowlers would attack from around the wicket with a leg-side field.
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this.
 
OverratedSanity

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Line and Length said:
I have a problem with the suggestion to allow lbw to balls pitching outside leg stump. While it might assist leg spinners, I believe it would lead to negative tactics whereby bowlers would attack from around the wicket with a leg-side field.
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Yup. 100% agree.

I dont really understand why leg byes are so wrong when byes arent? I could even argue byes are even more unfair because the batsman has missed it altogether, why should he be allowed to run? They're both built on the same principle i.e forcing keepers (for byes) and fielders (for leg byes) to be alert and try to stop the batsmen from running.

However, Im open to the idea that evasive action leg byes shouldnt count as runs, maybe
 
cnerd123

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Nowhere in the Laws does it actually state that both teams must bowl with the same make of ball in a match, or that the ball has to even be new at the start of the innings.

Get rid of that playing condition and let the chaos reign. I want a bowler reverse swinging an old ball at one end, with a swinging new rock at the other. Get spinners on first change with a ragged SG, and if the ball gets lost let the bowler dig into their kit bag for whatever they have on hand. Batters get to pick their own bats, it's only fair to let the bowlers pick their balls.
 
Starfighter

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cnerd123 said:
Nowhere in the Laws does it actually state that both teams must bowl with the same make of ball in a match, or that the ball has to even be new at the start of the innings.

Get rid of that playing condition and let the chaos reign. I want a bowler reverse swinging an old ball at one end, with a swinging new rock at the other. Get spinners on first change with a ragged SG, and if the ball gets lost let the bowler dig into their kit bag for whatever they have on hand. Batters get to pick their own bats, it's only fair to let the bowlers pick their balls.
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I think law 4.3 is tantamount to a requirement that the ball must be new, considering that in any situation in which a captain thinks starting with an old ball will be an advantage will be immediately pegged by their opponent.

You're right there's nothing that states the balls must be the same brand, and I've been a proponent of teams being able to use their own for a while now.
 
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OverratedSanity said:
Yup. 100% agree.

I dont really understand why leg byes are so wrong when byes arent? I could even argue byes are even more unfair because the batsman has missed it altogether, why should he be allowed to run? They're both built on the same principle i.e forcing keepers (for byes) and fielders (for leg byes) to be alert and try to stop the batsmen from running.

However, Im open to the idea that evasive action leg byes shouldnt count as runs, maybe
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Get rid of both, batters shouldn't be rewarded for not using their bat.
 
cnerd123

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Starfighter said:
I think law 4.3 is tantamount to a requirement that the ball must be new, considering that in any situation in which a captain thinks starting with an old ball will be an advantage will be immediately pegged by their opponent.
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The opposing captain can demand a new ball at the start of the innings, but has no control over the spares ;)
 
cnerd123

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Without leg byes bowlers are just going to attack the batsman's body more. That won't be a good balance.

And even actual runs are often the result of fielding errors. Are we going to disallow misfields and overthrows too?
 
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