Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I really like the two new ball rule. Aside from what has been said, changing the ball to another old ball has always just seemed like a complete farce to me. Whether it was the compulsory 35 over change or the unspoken rule of changing the ball some time between then and then the 45th over due to poor visibility. bringing out an old ball every single game just reeked of potentially game changing variables. If you want to get rid of the two new balls rule I think you really just have to cop the fact that the ball is going to be hard to see towards the end and play with it anyway.. and I think I'd rather have two new balls than that.
The new fielding restrictions have created unintended consequences though. They were brought in to liven up the middle overs period, and I think they've done that to some extent, but they've made bowling at the death way too hard. I think an easy change would be to just not have them apply in the last ten. Overs 41-50 would be a special period where you could have five out, a bit like how you can only have three out in the first ten.
The new fielding restrictions have created unintended consequences though. They were brought in to liven up the middle overs period, and I think they've done that to some extent, but they've made bowling at the death way too hard. I think an easy change would be to just not have them apply in the last ten. Overs 41-50 would be a special period where you could have five out, a bit like how you can only have three out in the first ten.
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