Normally when I see an outrage like this I side with the supposed villain because the general rule of thumb is that people who invoke "The Spirit of Cricket" are either dumb, boring and more often than not they are both.
However, in this case if I was part of the team that won the league I'd have been annoyed and would have preferred to play the full game. Partly because it's the sporting thing to do but mostly because I'm paying subs, match fees and taking time out of my weekend to drive to a game and you better believe I want my money's worth.
It's one thing to do it if you're a professional, it's another to do it to win a diddy club league that not even your own family give a toss about. People who take amateur sports that seriously are the worst.
when i saw this i thought it was a terrible way to win the league however having seen what one of their players/members/supporters put it appears that you get batting and bowling points on top of win points therefore they have spent all season bowling teams out cheaply in first innings which then seriously disadvantages them in getting more batting points. Seems a really stupid points scoring system and one by which I can see why they would for once make it work in their favour. Id like to think my club would just go out and win the game but doing that is understandable.
So bat first, score a billion runs and bowl the opposition out for 50.
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