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It will always be fieldsman to me.
I didn't like it when it was formally announced, I didn't think it was necessary and didn't think it sounded right.
Having said that, since the initial announcement I don't think I've cared about it once. It's a real non-issue.
Having said that, since the initial announcement I don't think I've cared about it once. It's a real non-issue.
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what about the fielding position "third"? still sounds 'off'.
Well, it is on the off side after all.
Actually is the first time I've thought about that. I haven't noticed.
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Someone in SEN suggested a ball clock similar to what they’ve added in MLB. 60 seconds to get each ball bowled, if not, no ball. Don’t hate it.
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Not a bad idea, if the batter isn't ready the bowler can bowl it?
Not sure if it should be a 60 seconds though.
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No, if the batter isn’t ready then you wait but the clock stops. They used a stopwatch in Pakistans first innings in Sydney and they regularly came in under it with ease, 60 seconds is pretty reasonable to begin with.
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Here's the official rule in the MLB, could be adapted to to cricket
Batters have 8 second to face up whilst the pitcher has 15 to 20 seconds (depending on the situation to start their action.
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Batters have 8 second to face up whilst the pitcher has 15 to 20 seconds (depending on the situation to start their action.
Pitch Timer (2023 rule change) | Glossary | MLB.com
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Don't like it then, batter should always be ready before any pace bowler.
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This again puts the bowlers under pressure, and it's always been the fielding side to speed things up and they always get docked the points for the slow over.
The onus needs to start falling on the batters at some point
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I would love to know when it started that batsmen would begin to take so much time out of the game f**king about.
I do remember players like Jayasuriya in particular who had his idiosyncrasies between deliveries where he had to touch all his equipment etc and Shiv had some routines as well but I don’t remember it holding up play.
When did it become common for guys to start wandering down the pitch and sweeping tiny bits of debris away where they weren’t even in play, backing away from the crease, taking incredible amounts of time to get set, changing gloves every five seconds and generally taking so much time?
I do remember players like Jayasuriya in particular who had his idiosyncrasies between deliveries where he had to touch all his equipment etc and Shiv had some routines as well but I don’t remember it holding up play.
When did it become common for guys to start wandering down the pitch and sweeping tiny bits of debris away where they weren’t even in play, backing away from the crease, taking incredible amounts of time to get set, changing gloves every five seconds and generally taking so much time?
I don't see much of BBL, and if I do, it's only in very small doses. That's not to say I don't recognize the game is popular enough to sustain a market. However, sometimes I may visit a mate's house and the game is on TV. The thing that really annoys me is the conversations between players miked up on the field and the commentators. What a load of crap they talk, it's almost as bad as listening to Langer and Haydos.
Hayden was the first one I noticed, bowler would be at the top of their mark and he’d be crouched down just wasting time.
But Davey was shocking in Sydney, the spinner would turn to bowl and Davey was off behind short leg then he’d wander back, do his gloves up and finally face up, every, single, ball…
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Yes I do remember Hayden crouching but i thought that was at the start of his innings or after a break, or at a change of bowler. I despise the guy but I will make an excuse for him in this case - I don’t THINK it was an every ball thing.
To be honest, I don't mind it. Spinners often try to rush through to put a batter off their game, so I think its fair enough for batters to do their routine to a) not be rushed and then play a poor shot, and b) try to frustrate the bowler and get them thinking about something else rather than their next ball.
For a little context:
In 1948, the Australian team touring England set 2 particular records:
First - early on in the tour they set the runs for record for the most runs in a single days play - 721. On that day the Essex bowlers bowled 129 overs. The run rate wasn't even 5 an over!
Second - in the 4th Test, the England Captain batted for 2 overs on the last day, declared and left Australia with 404 to make to win the game (which would set a new record). The Australians got there with 10 minutes to spare. The English team bowled 114 overs.
In 1948, the Australian team touring England set 2 particular records:
First - early on in the tour they set the runs for record for the most runs in a single days play - 721. On that day the Essex bowlers bowled 129 overs. The run rate wasn't even 5 an over!
Second - in the 4th Test, the England Captain batted for 2 overs on the last day, declared and left Australia with 404 to make to win the game (which would set a new record). The Australians got there with 10 minutes to spare. The English team bowled 114 overs.
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For any bowler, including a spinner, if a dot ball is bowled (e.g passes through to the keeper with no shot made or run attempted), there is absolutely no reason for the on-strike batsman to not be ready by the time the ball has been relayed back and the bowler is at the start of his runup. This business of batsmen undoing and redoing gloves every ball, or having to reset themselves when they haven't moved is just rubbish.
Spinners, if they are bowling well, should be allowed to stay in their 'rhythm'. Why should batsmen have the benefit of holding up the bowler? Especially in games with penalties for slow over rates.
If you want to disrupt the bowler, hit the bloody thing and get off strike.
Eight ball overs too
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Never understood the rationale for moving to 6-ball overs.
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They were 8 ball overs in Australia in 1948 but these matches were in England who had already moved to 6 ball overs by then.
Edit: Sorry, was already answered by others by the time I finished checking it.
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