Natman20
International Debutant
You might think I am stupid and I also think I am in part as well but this is an idea solely for the ODI format ...
What if the entire batting line-up was reversed bar the number 11s who can't score a thing. For instance using New Zealands line-up from last night have the order like so -
K Mills
*D Vettori
M Gillespie
J Oram
+B McCullum
L Vincent
J How
M Sinclair
R Taylor
S Styris
J Patel
Right you may think I'm making a fool of myself here but I believe I have a few valid points to make about having a line-up such as this.
The tail-enders generally (particularly in NZs case) are hitters and finishers who know how to hit a ball and can quite often do it from ball 1. What if we brought them to the beginning of the order and use there abilities to slog the ball at the beginning of the innings to our advantage while there are fielding restrictions. Now with the power-plays it probably won't work so well but whos knows if the tail-enders could start the innings with power it might leave an oportunity for the batsmen later on to just rotate the strike and therefore make it safely to a desired total.
The tail-enders would ideally see off the new ball and leave the batsmen better conditions in which they could prosper. Of course the negative effect may out weigh the positive. Being aggressive will mean more opportunities for many wickets to fall but the batsmen can still make a difference at the end. If it came off it could be a way to produce large totals or alternatively it may leave the batsmen at the end under a lot of pressure because of the wickets in hand.
Just putting that out there... Make your own judgements on this idea and comment back.
What if the entire batting line-up was reversed bar the number 11s who can't score a thing. For instance using New Zealands line-up from last night have the order like so -
K Mills
*D Vettori
M Gillespie
J Oram
+B McCullum
L Vincent
J How
M Sinclair
R Taylor
S Styris
J Patel
Right you may think I'm making a fool of myself here but I believe I have a few valid points to make about having a line-up such as this.
The tail-enders generally (particularly in NZs case) are hitters and finishers who know how to hit a ball and can quite often do it from ball 1. What if we brought them to the beginning of the order and use there abilities to slog the ball at the beginning of the innings to our advantage while there are fielding restrictions. Now with the power-plays it probably won't work so well but whos knows if the tail-enders could start the innings with power it might leave an oportunity for the batsmen later on to just rotate the strike and therefore make it safely to a desired total.
The tail-enders would ideally see off the new ball and leave the batsmen better conditions in which they could prosper. Of course the negative effect may out weigh the positive. Being aggressive will mean more opportunities for many wickets to fall but the batsmen can still make a difference at the end. If it came off it could be a way to produce large totals or alternatively it may leave the batsmen at the end under a lot of pressure because of the wickets in hand.
Just putting that out there... Make your own judgements on this idea and comment back.