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[uknsaunders]

35mm edge and 60mm spine isn't going to challenge most batmakers. Get ready to see a load of bats with exactly the same full profile resulting in just as big a hitting zone. Oh and the bats will be lighter, resulting in quicker bat speed. Until they use a dukes ball in all first class cricket, produce bowler friendly decks and move the bloody boundaries back to where they were 20 years ago, nothing will change.

[OllieWalker39]

All valid points - perhaps we should just go ahead and ban variations, switch hits etc?!

[edge]

Breaking news: the MCC have announced recommendations that Chris Gayle will be banned from all forms of cricket with immediate effect.

A weight limit would be a more interesting (also potentially more annoying) proposal than size limits. Unprecedented move though, surely if you're big and quick enough to use a 3lb bat then good luck to you.

[ppccopener]

can we not send the bowlers back down the mines on a shift the night before a game ? and the canary.

'back in my day ayyeee 50 t'overs oophill in rain,snow, now't for toenails and boot like deep-sea diver was I, by eck'

[chrisbd]

Surely what we will see is a longer middle now? As in far more of the edge will be 35mm, and more of the spine be 60mm - as opposed to a more swollen shape nowadays? Wouldn't that mean that more mishits lower down or higher up would still go for six?

Does that make sense?

[ppccopener]

to be serious I cant see where this is really going, bats have developed massively in the last few years.

I agree with the poster previously, let bats develop and do away with covers, all matches on uncovered wickets......

that would then be an even contest between bat and ball.....but we know the test matches are money-spinners, 5 days tests are the ideal for TV and sponsorship, and hospitality.

But I would love to see uncovered tracks.....
 

[GoodLeave]

"Sir, please do not bowl so fast. It's hurting my feelings"

[Tom]

Make a 35mm edge and a wider spine, which is 45mm and starts 2mm in from the edge

[edge]

Make a 35mm edge and a wider spine, which is 45mm and starts 2mm in from the edge

Ha yes, some kind of GN Vortex/Slaz V1200 crossbreed, sorted!

[rickjames]

Time to stock up on a Kaboom or two

[ProCricketer1982]

Won't make a difference.


Wickets need to be sporting, boundaries bigger, use dukes in all cricket, no silly fielding circles and bring back the draw at amateur level as it'll reduce the need to smash every ball as bowling becomes important again, not just smashing runs

[mace9960]

Ricky Ponting Has "Willow Envy"

[Blank Bats]

I think rounder faces and fuller shapes will make a comeback.
More emphasis on the handle and pressing now.

[mace9960]

So When The Bat Restrictions Don't Work And The Ball Continues To Fly Over The Boundary, Will They Then Look At The Real Issues Such As Switching To The Duke Ball Rather Than Bending Over For Kookaburra. Make The Use Of The Duke Ball Mandatory For Test Nations, Address Flat Pitches. Setting A Maximum Size For The Boundary According To And Depending On The Size Of The Stadium. If You Set The Boundary To 85+ metres You Could Gross Out Every Stadium In New Zealand, Half The Stadiums In The United Kingdom & Most In The Caribbean.

[Sitonit]

https://twitter.com/theanalyst/status/752870660146335744

Amazing what the media can do

That's just one aspect but it would hardly have any effect if we are playing in a 60 yard boundary.

If not 85, then 80 meters boundary should be minimum.