Prince EWS
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Best idea ever.
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Bowl-Outs
- Thread starter Chemosit
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NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
This should be an Olympic sport in itself. Both team and individual.Drop dead stroke : How about getting five batsmen to block five deliveries by a bowling machine and try to drop them dead. The distance the ball travels for each of the batsmen to be added up and the team with the lower distance wins
Imagine the crowds that would flock to the stadiums to watch Drop dead stroke.
What penalties would you get if you missed the ball and blocked or nicked the ball backwards?
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Yes but 'best technique' is a bit difficult to judge objectively.
The_Bunny
State Regular
Still like the arm wrestle idea tbhMay as well just have a sack race for all the good ideas we've came up with to replace it.
nightprowler10
Global Moderator
I can never say it enough, tbh.Oh, so you don't like that word?
@Jamee: SJS has perfectly described why I don't like that word being used in cricket.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Drop dead stroke : How about getting five batsmen to block five deliveries by a bowling machine and try to drop them dead. The distance the ball travels for each of the batsmen to be added up and the team with the lower distance wins
Mr Mxyzptlk
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I've been away for a while, and I'm not about to read through this entire thread, so forgive me if this point has been addressed already...
No it isn't a fair reflection. Because the team batting first may have lost more wickets in trying to set a target, and that doesn't reflect a lesser performance. Setting a target and chasing a target are entirely different in so many ways. And it's hardly fair to quantify wickets lost as a manner of deciding the winning team.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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But a perfect defensive stroke doesn't necessarily have anything to do with being a quality cricketer. I don't see how that's much better than a bowl-out.
nightprowler10
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I believe that post may have been in jest.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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nightprowler10
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Tired in 15 minutes? You really have away for a while. 
Mr Mxyzptlk
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Was tired when I started posting actually.Tired in 15 minutes? You really have away for a while.
Which is surprising, because today was the first day in weeks that I did absolutely nothing productive, let alone was home.
slugger
State Vice-Captain
all the ideas are funny and lets have a laugh at this bowl out concept, but when it comes down to it, there is more chance a soccer match will end in draw/tie and i read that 65% of soccer games will be decided from shoot outs.. but in cricket a tied game surely is rare and in the end its kind of a nessacary evil, if the team puts themselves in the position of tied game they must and their fans have to accept that the game will be decided upon a bowl out. if you know tha points are going to be split if you tie its a shrug of the shoulders... if you tie.. however if the tie results into another "chance" for both teams then this should be your reason to win...if you dont like the idea of a bowl out then win the match simple.
side note 43 int. 20/20 have been played 2 have resulted in bowl outs thats 5%...
side note 43 int. 20/20 have been played 2 have resulted in bowl outs thats 5%...