Mongoose - good for the game?

[vvvslaxman]

Didn't they ask Dhoni to remove his gloves once in Australia?

[Gunner_Mania]

How the hell did MCC approve such a bat? If this has got approved, I'd say I'll be applying for my new Coconut bat, madeup of Coconut branches too..

It got approved because apparently it conforms to the Law 6 and Appendix E, http://www.lords.org/data/files/law-6-and-appendix-e-10183.pdf Essentially the bat meets all the specifications as required.

[thevortex]

It got approved because apparently it conforms to the Law 6 and Appendix E, http://www.lords.org/data/files/law-6-and-appendix-e-10183.pdf Essentially the bat meets all the specifications as required.

And so would a baseball bat if it were to be made out of any other material than aluminum! What if tomorrow manufacturers were able to increase the compression pressure (pounds per square inch) of a cricket willow and still retain the springiness so required to get a ball pinging to the fence? The law is silent about that too. In my opinion if we approach cricket on the basis of laws made centuries ago - without regard to the spirit of the game - then we will have a unidimensional game on our hands and that is not good for the health or the popularity of the game. TV ratings and crowds CANNOT be allowed to dictate what is allowed and what is not in cricket. I know it is past time that the ICC grows a spine, but well, what can one do?!

[EnterTheVoid]

Didn't they ask Dhoni to remove his gloves once in Australia?

Because the extra webbing resembled baseball gloves.

[Sujan]

It got approved because apparently it conforms to the Law 6 and Appendix E, http://www.lords.org/data/files/law-6-and-appendix-e-10183.pdf Essentially the bat meets all the specifications as required.

Thanks for the info bhai.. lemme go thru it... interesting.. looks like i'll get a patent for my COCONUT BAT soon..

[Gunner_Mania]

And so would a baseball bat if it were to be made out of any other material than aluminum! What if tomorrow manufacturers were able to increase the compression pressure (pounds per square inch) of a cricket willow and still retain the springiness so required to get a ball pinging to the fence? The law is silent about that too. In my opinion if we approach cricket on the basis of laws made centuries ago - without regard to the spirit of the game - then we will have a unidimensional game on our hands and that is not good for the health or the popularity of the game. TV ratings and crowds CANNOT be allowed to dictate what is allowed and what is not in cricket. I know it is past time that the ICC grows a spine, but well, what can one do?!

I guess we are going :offtopic: with this but, I think the iCC is entirely dependent on the other cricket bodies. It can't do anything without the support of the other boards. Even if it does grow a spine it won't have any muscles to enforce its view. MCC has no clue about TV ratings or crowds, it lives in its own lala land with some archaic rules that hardly eevr changes. Have a read of http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=169063 to see some of the absurd rules / laws of the game that a umpire has to know.

[thevortex]

But ICC does have a clue - about TV ratings and such. MCC is a defunct body now, Gunner. They are just referred to for rules and such. We dont know for how long this will continue. In any case, all the clout lies with the member bodies - that is directly a consequence of the ICC lacking a spine.