Cricket rules : what should be in and out

[Linda]

I think that a rule should be introduced whereby if a batsman hits a 6 and it's caught by someone in the crowd they are out, and the person who caught it gets to come down onto the field and bat in their place.....

also,

If a batsman hits it out of the ground, he has to go and look for it and is only allowed to resume his innings at the fall of the next wicket after the ball has been found. In cases where the ball isn't found, the batsman is banned for life.

In this case, Ponting wouldve been banned years ago..
(Suddenly the Indians want this rule enforced...)

 

[Richard]

I think there are plenty of people who wouldn't mind that rule enforced against Ponting.
Maybe every team to play against him in the last 2 years, 11 months and 24 days...

 

[Richard]

in nz most grounds double as cricket and rugby so therefor uaint gonna get big huge fields. i dont know aobut eh english fields but surely there is standards that they have to be up to

Derby, The Oval, Lord's - all excellent beacons of example.
Taunton - woefully sub-par, not good enough for First-Class-cricket.
New Zealand's grounds ain't great, but they're nowhere near this poor.

 

[Langeveldt]

Taunton - woefully sub-par, not good enough for First-Class-cricket.

Thats a bit rich.. Its the best batting stip in the country, even if you take away the small outfield.. And it isnt "woefully sub-par".. Just small...

Its better suited for cricket than some of the shocking test pitches of old (Headingley), or the bobbly outfields of the Caribbean..

 

[Swervy]

Thats a bit rich.. Its the best batting stip in the country, even if you take away the small outfield.. And it isnt "woefully sub-par".. Just small...

Its better suited for cricket than some of the shocking test pitches of old (Headingley), or the bobbly outfields of the Caribbean..

yeah I have no problem whatso ever with smaller grounds..it maybe easier to hit 6's, but building innings with singles and two's is that bit harder, evens itself out in the end...and its the same for both teams

 

[Richard]

Thats a bit rich.. Its the best batting stip in the country, even if you take away the small outfield.. And it isnt "woefully sub-par".. Just small...

Its better suited for cricket than some of the shocking test pitches of old (Headingley), or the bobbly outfields of the Caribbean..

You see I reckon the batting prowess of the strip is overrated because of the size of the ground.
It's good, sure, but IMO The Oval for one is better.
There's nothing wrong with a good batting pitch, but there is wrong in a perfectly decent ball being blocked, timed, missing the fielder and going for four.
That's how the standard of cricket falls.

 

[Richard]

yeah I have no problem whatso ever with smaller grounds..it maybe easier to hit 6's, but building innings with singles and two's is that bit harder, evens itself out in the end...and its the same for both teams

It's easier to hit fours and sixes, so building an innings becomes less important, and you get rubbish batters like Ian Blackwell being championed.
You also get good bowlers going for runs they shouldn't be going for.

 

[Linda]

I think there are plenty of people who wouldn't mind that rule enforced against Ponting.
Maybe every team to play against him in the last 2 years, 11 months and 24 days...

Well sure, but I was mainly referring to the WC final...

 

[Richard]

One one-day high in a time of almost non-stop Test-match success.

 

[Linda]

Yes. Whats your point?

 

[Jnr.]

It's easier to hit fours and sixes, so building an innings becomes less important, and you get rubbish batters like Ian Blackwell being championed.
You also get good bowlers going for runs they shouldn't be going for.

I heard that Blackwell played a good, mature and intelligent knock of 98 against Glamorgan in his latest first class match at Taunton.

 

[Richard]

I've heard that a few times.
He's yet to improve his one-day batting and somehow I can't see him being selected for Tests.

 

[Richard]

Yes. Whats your point?

That the WC final isn't the only time people might have wished Ponting could be caught by a crowd member.
That's all.

 

[Langeveldt]

I heard that Blackwell played a good, mature and intelligent knock of 98 against Glamorgan in his latest first class match at Taunton.

Yes, it was a superb knock...

Just because he cannot convert the runs he scores at the County Ground into international runs, doesnt mean he is a "Rubbish Batter" Richard.. I suppose Hick's 405 was rubbish and a waste of time because the boundaries are a couple of metres shorter (don't forget they don't use a rope and use all the available grass)

 

[Langeveldt]

Oh

Lets get rid of the leg bye.. Its so simple.. Why should a bowler be penalised when they have beaten the bat??

 

[Swervy]

Oh

Lets get rid of the leg bye.. Its so simple.. Why should a bowler be penalised when they have beaten the bat??

bowlers arent penalised for leg byes, but I do see the reasoning behind getting rid of leg byes...however, would that just encourage really negative bowling

 

[Langeveldt]

bowlers arent penalised for leg byes, but I do see the reasoning behind getting rid of leg byes...however, would that just encourage really negative bowling

Not really.. A batsman cannot run when they pad a ball away (due to negative bowling) because they haven't usually played a shot...

 

[steds]

bowlers arent penalised for leg byes, but I do see the reasoning behind getting rid of leg byes...however, would that just encourage really negative bowling

If it did encourage negative bowling, batsmen would be forced to find new ways of scoring(or the matches would all die and become boring draws)

 

[Mister Wright]

If you got rid of leg byes, then you would have to get rid of the LBW law altogether.

It would make no sense to get rid of the benefit for the batsman (ie getting off strike) and keeping the disadvantage of getting out. I think the leg bye should stay.

 

[Simon]

So who here has caught something??

Ive dropped Ian Harvey (i think) at very deep long off.. It was Annas catch tho, shame she chickened out..

I dropped Greg Blewett at deep long on in a MMC game once, was worth $100 too

that was the Canberra Comets first ever game and Blewy made 97 that day, not a bad dig