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<blockquote data-quote="BokMagic" data-source="post: 122473"><p>Well Hazey, looks like a very well-constructed argument there mate. But I`m still disagreeing.</p><p></p><p>As you said, the improvement in bats has been a technological advance- but it`s been all in favour of the batsmen. There hasn`t been a single advancement in the ball itself. And there hasn`t been a single rule-change in favour of the bowlers since the introduction of the lbw law. Why, most rule changes have been squarely in favour of the batsman. Reducing the number of bouncers an over, fielding restrictions in ODI`s, the freaking front-foot no-ball. And now more changes wrt the power plays.</p><p></p><p>Wrt the wickets- well in some places, like early-season England swinging paradises, and some of our own pace-friendly SA wickets, yes there`s something in it for the bowlers. But I do believe it`s not nearly as helpful as before. Let`s just look at one example- the WACA. Used to be lightning fast, with plenty of bounce to encourage the seamers. Yet on our last tour over there, SA managed to bat out 130-odd overs in order to secure a draw. And England racked up something like 500,550? in the 1st innings during the Ashes. And let`s not forget how much lower and slower the wickets, in general, have become in the Carribean of late. Sabina Park used to frighten the living daylights out of most batsmen. It`s pretty tame by comparison these days. And of course, just about every ODI played on the sub-continent results in an absolute featherbed, that batsman just want to roll up and take home with them. In the recent Asia vs Africa ODI series, you had Asia scoring 330+ batting 1st in the last 2 matches. Africa responded with 310-odd in both.</p><p></p><p>And wrt the shorter boundaries bringing in more excitement to spectators due to more boundaries- perfectly true mate. I`m sure shortening golf courses all over the world by about 500m in total will also add to excitement. Especially when Tiger Woods shoots his 1st round of 49. But that`s just not how it should be done IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BokMagic, post: 122473"] Well Hazey, looks like a very well-constructed argument there mate. But I`m still disagreeing. As you said, the improvement in bats has been a technological advance- but it`s been all in favour of the batsmen. There hasn`t been a single advancement in the ball itself. And there hasn`t been a single rule-change in favour of the bowlers since the introduction of the lbw law. Why, most rule changes have been squarely in favour of the batsman. Reducing the number of bouncers an over, fielding restrictions in ODI`s, the freaking front-foot no-ball. And now more changes wrt the power plays. Wrt the wickets- well in some places, like early-season England swinging paradises, and some of our own pace-friendly SA wickets, yes there`s something in it for the bowlers. But I do believe it`s not nearly as helpful as before. Let`s just look at one example- the WACA. Used to be lightning fast, with plenty of bounce to encourage the seamers. Yet on our last tour over there, SA managed to bat out 130-odd overs in order to secure a draw. And England racked up something like 500,550? in the 1st innings during the Ashes. And let`s not forget how much lower and slower the wickets, in general, have become in the Carribean of late. Sabina Park used to frighten the living daylights out of most batsmen. It`s pretty tame by comparison these days. And of course, just about every ODI played on the sub-continent results in an absolute featherbed, that batsman just want to roll up and take home with them. In the recent Asia vs Africa ODI series, you had Asia scoring 330+ batting 1st in the last 2 matches. Africa responded with 310-odd in both. And wrt the shorter boundaries bringing in more excitement to spectators due to more boundaries- perfectly true mate. I`m sure shortening golf courses all over the world by about 500m in total will also add to excitement. Especially when Tiger Woods shoots his 1st round of 49. But that`s just not how it should be done IMO. [/QUOTE]
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