Transcription: A picture of a bat leaning against some stumps. Superimposed on it is a Tweet from Iceland Cricket: "Name a rule in cricket that should be changed immediately. Why?"
this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
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Not sure which rule it would be, but I think back to the 2019 World Cup final, and that ball that hit the bat of Ben Stokes as he dived to get safely back into his wicket.
Not only did he get there, but the ball went for 4, and given the extremely close result and the lateness of that over, it might have made all the difference.
Not sure what you would need to change it to, but it seemed very unfair to me that England got those runs.
Got me thinking, they could get rid of all boundaries that aren't off the bat, would get rid of all the tedious replays where we are watching to see if the field erv touched the rope or not. Same for over throws the only get the extras for what they can run.
Ha, yeah, make em work for it! :-)
Upvote for the bold take, but personally I don't agree. As far as I'm concerned, as long as there's no insinuation that he did it deliberately, that's just how the game goes. It's no different from if the throw had gone wide due to a bad throw, or poor catching from the keeper.
Fair enough, but I do think it's different when it benefits the person it hits.
It would be a tough one to rework though I think. And hands up, I like cricket, but I'm a relatively recent convert and I don't want it all that often, so my opinion probably doesn't carry much weight! :-)
Should have looked where he was throwing it. .