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[Bats_Entertainment]

WHERE DO I FIND THE CUSTOM BALL FORUM PLEASE?

Pakistan?

[WalkingWicket37]

Pakistan?

I've heard Shahid Afridi was chomping at the seam to sign up!

[Seniorplayer]

Crowe played mid 80s onwards, when Gooch and co had found 3lb bats. I don't think 2lb 6oz was common in club cricket either.

Seem to remember myself and teammates playing  with bats that were 2lb 11 in the Eightes there were also plenty around in club cricket.

[tim2000s]

Seem to remember myself and teammates playing  with bats that were 2lb 11 in the Eightes there were also plenty around in club cricket.

mine still weigh around that.


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[OwzatOllie]

Bats can stay the same for me.

Boundary sizes must be more consistent.

One ball per innings (the dye on the ball needs to be sorted)  A harder ball is going to go further off the bat, what do you expect?

Get rid of the 5 over powerplays.  Go back to the days of 4 outside the circle restrictions for the first 15 overs (or whatever it was) back in 2005 ish before the powerplays were bought in.

[Jaffa]

Didn't Jake say something about the Kook balls not lasting as long. Sort that out first I would have thought.

[Bats_Entertainment]

mine still weigh around that.


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Hardly unusual, either.

[Bats_Entertainment]

(or whatever it was)

Or whatever it was!  Hmm.

[OwzatOllie]

Or whatever it was!  Hmm.

I only say this because I was 13 at the time.  Was just getting into playing and didn't know much of the professional game

[TangoWhiskey]

How do the logical people on here who are saying increase the size of the boundary plan to achieve such a feet in stadia around the world? Take out the first 5 rows of seats?

[ProCricketer1982]

How do the logical people on here who are saying increase the size of the boundary plan to achieve such a feet in stadia around the world? Take out the first 5 rows of seats?

I don't think people believe it will/can happen buddy. Just that it would help level the game up. As you say, some grounds are built small so can't be made bigger.

[golden duck]

I agree some grounds are built small and so there is no wiggle room, but there are other grounds where there seems to be almost as much grass outside the boundary rope as there is inside it!

[MD2812]

1 ball per innings would help batsman, 2 balls mean the ball will stay in better condition for the bowlers for longer right?

I think edge size could be limited. It would prevent mistimed shots going for 6, and wouldn't restrict the weight of the bat.
Balls which are going for 6 off the edge of the bat would miss the bat all together in some cases. Mainly in top edges.

A far out option, restrict the accumulative width of the bats 3 faces (ignoring the back of the bat).

Say your bat could be a maximum acc.width of 6 inches (random number off top of my head), with maximum face to remain 4.25 inch. Want a bigger edge? Fine, but you've got to take some width out the face of your bat.

[Stuey]

When we are all playing each other from our front rooms on a virtual reality cricket pitch bat size won't matter. Post match virtual reality beers in my bar 

[tim2000s]

1 ball per innings would help batsman, 2 balls mean the ball will stay in better condition for the bowlers for longer right?

As always, it depends. While a harder ball seams and swings more at the start of the innings, it also comes off the bat much harder and is therefore likely to reach the boundary more easily. By having two hard balls, the batsmen have to work less hard to hit the ball farther. With a softer old ball, you have to hit the ball harder to score boundaries. Those big sixes late in the innings drop into fielders' hands, and you may think twice before playing that big shot.