Cricket rule changes

[aussie1st]

The ICC are set to implement the following changes

• Substitute fielders shall only be permitted in cases of injury, illness or other wholly acceptable reasons.
• Eliminator to be used for semis and finals for champions trophy and all 20/20 matches replacing the bowl off
• Batting team gets to use one of the 2nd or 3rd power play
• Fielding team allowed 3 men outside the circle for the 2nd and 3rd power play
• For matches with 1 hour or more lost to rain, the change over between inns can be 10 minutes minimum

More on the Eliminator

When a side loses two wickets in their eliminator over, its innings ends.

If the scores are equal then the team that has hit the most sixes combined in the main match and the eliminator is declared the winner.

If the scores are still equal then teams will be separated by which of them scored the most boundaries - fours and sixes - in both innings.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/...-fielding-rules/2008/07/04/1214950998350.html

Good to see the ICC finally giving a powerplay to the batting side. The Eliminator looks to be more fairer in deciding draws.

 

[Left_Hander]

I like the PowerPlay one. It was used in the Australian domestic matches and it adds a bit of unpredictablity to the game, though I am not sure if there is a rule saying they can't use the powerplay in the last 5 overs.

 

[Gilly Fan]

Thing about the powerplay rule is they should make it that it has to be used between certain overs. Maybe ban them from using it in the last 15?

 

[playkid12]

Yuck, I don't like the powerplay rule. It gives more power to batsmen, which I just don't like anymore. I like an equal battle between bowling and batting. And with the boundaries getting smaller, bats getting better, powerplays, etc., the bowlers should have a say when the powerplays are used. Also, I don't like it how its determined if the teams are still tied after the Eliminator. They just take boundaries into consideration, not fallen wickets. Cricket is becoming a batsman's sport and it's just sad. :crying

They need to get rid of that stupid "everything going down the legside is wide" rule. Give legspinners more slack.

For matches with 1 hour or more lost to rain, the change over between inns can be 10 minutes minimum

Don't you mean maximum?

 

[aussie1st]

Don't you mean maximum?

Lol I'm sure my use of minimum is right here How I see it is they have to a 10 minute break between inns according to the article so the minimum amount of time between a break must be 10 minutes, it can be longer.

The bowlers also have one powerplay. 90% of the time they use it straight out in 20 overs. Bring back more than one bouncer an over if you want to give power back to the bowlers.

 

[Owzat]

The ICC are set to implement the following [*]Substitute fielders shall only be permitted in cases of injury, illness or other wholly acceptable reasons.

Does that actually change the current rules? Who decides "wholly acceptable?" I'd amend to :

1) injury sustained DURING the current match
2) illness
3) other reasons in which case the captains have to concur and agree the duration (bereavement, desperately need a pee, boots/bat knackered etc)

and the player cannot return into play until the following day (Tests) or agreed by both captains.


One thing I would like reviewed is the complete timewaster known as drinks breaks. They've become commonplace, however they waste so much time on them (about an over if not longer) when the fielders could grab them when off the field or by the boundary, batsmen may have been in one hour or one minute so they could grab drinks a lot quicker like they do replace a bat, and umpires could carry a drink and take sips while the captain mucks about with the field or the bowler strolls back to his mark.

And the other timewaster FIELD PLACING, there should be a maximum time allowed from the ball going dead to the subsequent ball, exceptional circumstance apart they shouldn't be taking more than about 40 seconds per delivery from start to finish, field placing itself shouldn't be taking up bits of that constantly.

 

[aussie1st]

Wholly acceptable reasons' should be limited to extreme circumstances and should not include what is commonly referred to as a 'comfort break."

From the article, it's basically as they say the comfort break being taken out.

 

[angryangy]

The batting powerplay works best when used during a good partnership. Teams that throw it in at the end tend to get little out of it, because they have predetermined that period without respect to the condition of their innings and have probably squandered the prime moment. In that sense, it is more a gamble than a certified advantage, because if the partnership is broken during the powerplay, they tend to stop attacking.

 

[Insomniac]

Define a "comfort break"

I was under the assumption that all the players just sat on the toilet till they felt better to come out. Surely they're not gonna have someone sitting outside the toilet room to make sure there's noises of things dropping...

 

[King Pietersen]

Why do they continually insist on changing the rules of the game to further help the batsmen ? The game is batter friendly enough as it is, they don't need to make it worse for the bowlers. What exactly is the eliminator used for ? Is it an alternative to the Bowl Out ? If so it's quite a good idea, the bowl out can be a harsh way of determining, but if the penalty shoot out can remain in football I don't see why the bowl out should be removed.

 

[TC Ink]

[*]Substitute fielders shall only be permitted in cases of injury, illness or other wholly acceptable reasons.

England are screwed :laugh

I don't like the powerplays... Just go back to having the 1st 15 overs with fielding restrictions.

 

[timmy94]

that batsmen choosing the final 2 powerplays is a bit stupid.they will just use them in the final 10 overs and bobs ur uncle...15 an over...although in englands case...about 4 an over:crying

 

[King Pietersen]

Ha, funny. It's not only England that use "comfort breaks", New Zealand were using them at regular intervals also. Most sides in international cricket use "comfort breaks" in test matches, England do probably use them more than most sides though. Stuart Broad being a big user of comfort breaks, the only reason it happens though is because it's used quite alot in FC and List A matches in England. I think it's good that they've decided to bring in some ruling, although I'm not sure how they can rule that a player is having a comfort break and isn't actually injured.

Also, comfort breaks have been used for a long time, the Ashes 2005 had a few instances of Sub Fielders on the pitch. The most highly documented of those being Gary Pratt coming on as Sub fielder, something that Ponting disagreed with, even though Pratt was on the field for Simon Jones, who has yet to play an international game since that injury. I never saw how Ponting could moan about England using sub fielders, when Australia used Brad Hodge on many an occassion throughout the series, he even took a few very good catches, and you didn't see Vaughan moaning about it.

 

[timmy94]

well said....they cant take that we wonnnn

 

[mattfb]

The powerplay rule, where the batting team gets to choose one is a fantastic feature. I loved it when it was done in Australian domestic. It makes the game much more interesting!!