amiret Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 Legendary West Indies paceman Curtly Ambrose on Thursday said that one-day cricket's rules favoured batsmen so much that teams might as well use bowling machines to send down deliveries. With the quarter-finals barely begun, there have been 32 centuries at this year's World Cup, compared to 24 for the entire tournament in 2011. Ambrose, who took 225 ODI and 405 Test wickets for the West Indies, said the rules were 'undermining the contest between bat and ball that was fundamental to cricket's DNA'. "It's too one-sided and the powers-that-be need to look at this seriously and make it a little more even, because at the moment it's all about batting," he told reporters in Wellington ahead of Saturday's New Zealand-West Indies quarter-final. "The bowlers, they can't play cricket. Soon they might have to get in bowling machines. He said the free hit and batting powerplay meant bowlers could not build pressure to strangle an innings. "Everything favours the batsman," he said. LINK
FischerTal Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 Makes you wonder how these bowlers would have fared in the current era
amiret Posted March 19, 2015 Author Posted March 19, 2015 Curtly would have done well. He is in the all time ODI list. But it is getting harder every day for bowlers to attain success. The advantage is clearly with the power hitters. ICC , the Advertisers & marketeers are undermining the essence of cricket with these rules.
goose Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 doesn't help that India isn't known for its bowling superstars.
amiret Posted March 19, 2015 Author Posted March 19, 2015 ^ No , but i think our spinners will be more effective if we go back to the old rules of 1 ball and 5 fielders. I am sure Shami and Umesh will also be able to reverse it more often. MSD hinted at these same things during one of his post match conferences.
goose Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 Yeh agreed...the sheer change in batting intent, shot-making, and importance of remaining batting resources has made the middle overs more watchable (bit like a critical session of test cricket) so can do away with the changes introduced for that. Then you might have a pretty good product.
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