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Lokomotiv's Proposed Changes to Cricket

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The normal awards that everyone else has
By reducing the number of breaks between overs, the game time can be reduced, and also the number of draws and declarations can be reduced.
Bowling from one end instead of changing each over would help with changeover times also. Do you like that idea?
 

Lokomotiv

U19 Cricketer
Bowling from one end instead of changing each over would help with changeover times also. Do you like that idea?
No, that would not reduce the changeover times, because bowler changes by every over anyway. And changing the direction of bowling is the core of Cricket, so it cannot be changed.
 

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
No, that would not reduce the changeover times, because bowler changes by every over anyway. And changing the direction of bowling is the core of Cricket, so it cannot be changed.
So you don't think any of your other ideas (baseball bats, must run after 3 dot balls) are the core of cricket? Your reasoning to bowl 8 balls to reduce draws and declarations is completely flawed. If the overs are 8 balls per day, officials aren't going to make it 90 overs per day. It will be reduced to 540/90 = 67.5 So 68 overs a day or perhaps 70.
 

Lokomotiv

U19 Cricketer
So you don't think any of your other ideas (baseball bats, must run after 3 dot balls) are the core of cricket? Your reasoning to bowl 8 balls to reduce draws and declarations is completely flawed. If the overs are 8 balls per day, officials aren't going to make it 90 overs per day. It will be reduced to 540/90 = 67.5 So 68 overs a day or perhaps 70.
Please do not misunderstand. I wanted to see an exhibition game in which Baseball bats and gloves are used, and did not suggest the change of Cricket.
"must run after 3 dot balls" is an interesting ideas to reduce the game time. But, it seems too big change. I think that "maiden out" is more realistic.
 

Lokomotiv

U19 Cricketer
So you don't think any of your other ideas (baseball bats, must run after 3 dot balls) are the core of cricket? Your reasoning to bowl 8 balls to reduce draws and declarations is completely flawed. If the overs are 8 balls per day, officials aren't going to make it 90 overs per day. It will be reduced to 540/90 = 67.5 So 68 overs a day or perhaps 70.
The number of overs can be increased to more than 70, if the changeover times are fewer.
 

HeathDavisSpeed

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Loko - would you support Peter Fulton being permanently banned from cricket for batting too slowly? Its a scourge of the modern game of a similar magnitude to match fixing and performance enhancing drugs.

In fact, scratch that second item - given how prevalent PEDs are in baseball, why not advocate them for cricket! Bigger muscles, bigger hits! SIXSIXSIX
 

Lokomotiv

U19 Cricketer
Loko - would you support Peter Fulton being permanently banned from cricket for batting too slowly? Its a scourge of the modern game of a similar magnitude to match fixing and performance enhancing drugs.

In fact, scratch that second item - given how prevalent PEDs are in baseball, why not advocate them for cricket! Bigger muscles, bigger hits! SIXSIXSIX
Sorry I do not know Peter Fulton. However, I think that too slow bowling should be outlawed. And when a ball bounced twice, it should be no-ball. And too many no-balls and wide-balls must be punished (sorry I am not very familiar with the Laws around here).
 

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