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<blockquote data-quote="BokMagic" data-source="post: 120916"><p>Free hit after a front-foot no-ball? Come on, that sounds more like freaking 20/20, or some similar tonk-a-thon crap.</p><p></p><p>I reckon that the ICC should just make it official- bring in the boundary ropes by 20 meters, and have a square on the pitch into which the bowler must pitch every delivery, almost like that thing in baseball. Then everyone can just get rid of their bowlers and have a side stacked with 11 hitters. Seems to me that`s the way that ODI cricket`s moving anyway....</p><p></p><p>As for me, well I`ve always liked sport to be an even contest. I hate fkn basketball, as there`s no contest between attack and defense. And same thing now in cricket- there`s no more contest between bat and ball, in the ODI`s at least.</p><p></p><p>Reckon if there IS to be rule-changes made, I`d rather get rid of the whole powerplay thing. If you want to start out with 5 players on the fence and give away easy singles, so be it. If you don`t want to start with slips and a guy like Hayden snicks one past where 1st slip would`ve been, then that`s your bad luck for being too defensive. Something like that`ll definately improve the oft-forgotten art of ODI captaincy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BokMagic, post: 120916"] Free hit after a front-foot no-ball? Come on, that sounds more like freaking 20/20, or some similar tonk-a-thon crap. I reckon that the ICC should just make it official- bring in the boundary ropes by 20 meters, and have a square on the pitch into which the bowler must pitch every delivery, almost like that thing in baseball. Then everyone can just get rid of their bowlers and have a side stacked with 11 hitters. Seems to me that`s the way that ODI cricket`s moving anyway.... As for me, well I`ve always liked sport to be an even contest. I hate fkn basketball, as there`s no contest between attack and defense. And same thing now in cricket- there`s no more contest between bat and ball, in the ODI`s at least. Reckon if there IS to be rule-changes made, I`d rather get rid of the whole powerplay thing. If you want to start out with 5 players on the fence and give away easy singles, so be it. If you don`t want to start with slips and a guy like Hayden snicks one past where 1st slip would`ve been, then that`s your bad luck for being too defensive. Something like that`ll definately improve the oft-forgotten art of ODI captaincy. [/QUOTE]
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