by Durhamfootman » Tue Dec 15, 2020 9:01 am
I suppose my problem with these rules changes is that the governing bodies are always trying to get teams to play cricket the way they think the game should be played rather than the way it is. In the last couple of decades (and maybe even further back than that), the rules of white ball cricket have been continually tweaked in an attempt to force teams to play a certain way. Furthermore they seem to think that entertaining cricket is all about runs... and sixes, whereas most watchers know that the best matches to watch are very often low scoring affairs that go all the way to the wire. Ultimately though, teams always work around the new rules and do whatever they think gives them the best chance of winning despite, rather than because of them, which is presumably why the authorities constantly feel the need to tweak... they rarely seem to get the outcome that they envisaged when manipulating the way the game is played
T20 has always been a short, simple game... hugely popular and highly lucrative, so it's hard to see that it needs more rules to make it better. All the evolution in T20 and all the improvement in the product has been player driven and that's perhaps the way it should be. If teams don't fancy the half time point, they'll ignore it. I suppose the test will be if and when other leagues adopt the rule changes
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