Addition to the toss.

[Dravid]

I was thinking about this, there should be an addition to the toss allowing the winning side to also select the pitch the match is played on. A lot of grounds in the World have more than one pitch on the field, and they aren't always the same, and I believe the winner of the toss should be able to pick the pitch the match is played on.

Thoughts?

 

[oz_fan]

I don't know if it would work. ODI's are entertaining to watch because you don't know which way the match is going to go and any team could win on any day. I think giving the winning side the choice of pitch will take away that aspect of ODI's and we could end up knowing who is going to win the match based on who wins the toss.

 

[Matt79]

Might be a rather unfair burden on the groundskeepers to have more than one pitch up for use in a first class or international match. The reason they have more than one pitch is so they can be prepared to be ready at different times. Interesting but not practical for mine.

 

[open365]

That's completely im-practical, the groundsmen spend ages pre-paring the pitches and in a packed cricket schedule there's no way they could do it for every game.

 

[Perm]

I don't think it would be feasible at international leve, the groundsmen spend a lot of time preparing a pitch that they think will provide an even contest between the two teams and asking them to provide two or three of these pitches is quite unfair on them. Winning the toss has enough advantage as it is, more so than in some other sports.

 

[adharcric]

I won't repeat everyone before me. Bad idea.

 

[andmark]

I was thinking about this, there should be an addition to the toss allowing the winning side to also select the pitch the match is played on. A lot of grounds in the World have more than one pitch on the field, and they aren't always the same, and I believe the winner of the toss should be able to pick the pitch the match is played on.

Thoughts?

No affence but why would add anything to the toss.

 

[Dravid]

No affence but why would add anything to the toss.

To make it more crucial.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

To make it more crucial.

Why would anyone want to make the toss more crucial. The toss of a coin should ideally have as minimal an impact as possible in any sport.

 

[andmark]

To make it more crucial.

But you have to see the pitch to decide to bat or bowl.

 

[andmark]

Why would anyone want to make the toss more crucial. The toss of a coin should ideally have as minimal an impact as possible in any sport.

It does.Good weather to bat you bat, next day bowlers pitch and your still batting its just unfortanate.

 

[Hoggy31]

Shocking idea. What happens to the pitches not chosen in regards to fielding...