ICC Cricket Committee recommendations

[SachDan]

This one is silly. We have a format for that, it's called Test cricket! The maximum quata for ODIs is what makes the game fun to watch in terms of strategic selection and overall team ability. Could imagine Shakib Al Hasan and Abdur Razzak bowling 25 overs each for Bangla, and packing their team with 9 batsman.

Couldn't agree with you more, doesn't make sense to me. Even if it gets approved, it will be scrapped like 'super-sub' after few matches.

[jairamesh]

7. Number of bouncers that can be delivered per over to be increased from one to two.

Good one imo, especially for the West Indian bowlers, this one bouncer per over rule was brought in by the AngloAustralian establishment in the 90s to counter the threat of the great West Indian quicks. To this day these past WI quicks cry foul at this rule as a racist move by MCC to make the less effective.

[jairamesh]

2. Trial of pink ball in first-class cricket and ICC Intercontinental Cup to determine suitability for D/N Tests.

This one is hit and miss. D/N is good idea, but the pink ball will need to provide excellent grip to counter act the night-time dew, or else we will see bowlers being suspended for whole test matches for bowling beamers!

[Params7]

The PP between 16 and 40 will just take flexibility out of the game. Let that decision be on Captains. If they want to take it easy and build their innings until the 40th over then let it. ODI as it has been, is the best of both worlds (Tests/T20).

[Sidhoni]

ICC changes rules http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article?id=item/2.0/-/story/cricket.yahoonews.com/icc-calls-review-system-all-internationals-20110511/ :omg: :omg: no runner allowed..! :((

[IKnowU]

Thank god. Either your fit or your not. Sucks for goddy, but oh well One thing I dont like is the use of two balls for two ends. :headshake: Its fine as is atm.

[Sidhoni]

ya, the 2 ball rule is just useless, :dontknow:

[saneindian]

Some pretty good suggestions there. UDRS for all tests is a wlecome step. I hope after the WC win depsite the UDRS, BCCI no longer comes in the way of UDRS being used for all matches. Even the two ball rule looks to be good. We may not see slogathons now as the new ball will do something for some more time. I think these are suggestions as of now. How many of them get approved in the ICC general body meeting remains to be seen.

[Sachin=GOD]

BCCI to oppose ICC panel's recommendation on UDRS

New Delhi: The decision by an International Cricket Council (ICC) committee to recommend Umpires Decision Review System (UDRS) for all Test matches hasn't gone down well with the Indian cricket board, which has been consistently opposing the move. The UDRS has been used in Test cricket since 2009 in 31 Tests. It was tried for the first time in a Test series in 2008 between India and Sri Lanka but a string of controversial decisions prompted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to oppose it. BCCI secretary Narayanswamy Srinivasan told IANS that the board will strongly oppose the recommendation when it comes up for ratification at the ICC Executive Board. "The cricket committee is just a sub-committee and it can only make recommendations, it is for the executive board to ratify them or not. We will oppose it at the Executive Board because the URDS in its present form is unacceptable to us," said Srinivasan. The Indian cricket board has been strongly opposing the UDRS saying it is not foolproof. Both ICC and the BCCI were also involved in a war of words on the UDRS during the World Cup. During the World Cup, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had termed UDRS "adulteration of technology with human thinking". Dhoni's comments came after England batsman Ian Bell survived an lbw and was declared not out because the distance between the wicket and point of impact was more than 2.5 metres. It sparked a debate and ICC general manager (Cricket) Dave Richardson, a former South African wicketkeeper, publicly backed the system. The BCCI, however, stood by the captain and Srinivasan in a strongly worded letter to the ICC had said "the inadequacy of the UDRS has been exposed in this edition of the World Cup. The group stage match between India and England was a case in point which clearly brought out the inadequacy of the system". The ICC, however, maintained that the UDRS does help umpires in making correct decisions. "The committee's recommendation that the UDRS should be used in all formats of the game confirms two key conclusions that came from our discussions: it shows the group's confidence in the system and it also highlights the committee's view that it does aid the umpires in making correct decisions," said Clive Lloyd, chairman of the ICC's cricket committee. The committee's recommendations will not take effect until ratified by the Chief Executive Committee (CEC) and the Board, both of which are scheduled to meet in Hong Kong from June 26 to 30.

ndtv So now we can be sure that UDRS will NOT be used in Tests.

[Sidhoni]

the no. of unsuccessful reviews have also been reduced from 2 to 1. :dontknow: