Mercy for Cricket Bowlers…
The Cricketing fraternity is shocked by the latest Ball Tampering incident by (Famous for all wrong reasons) Shahid Afridi (man who thought he would secure his place in this year’s IPL but thanks to Almighty he is not there). Only God knows whether he was smelling,chewing or licking the ball. This was an absurd and never heard before act . He said he really smelled the ball… apparently, with his teeth. He later said he wanted to win the match for Pakistan and by tampering the ball he could get the wickets….Afridi, who was 19 years old for at least two years or more, has been the bad boy of Pakistani cricket for some time. He has been involved in a number of dressing room clashes – physical, not just verbal. Making him captain is like making Saddam Hussian, the Head of World Peace Movement. Now the real Question is why are the cricketers indulging in the practice of tampering the ball? Why there is a need for them to make such unfair practices in order to get wickets and win the match.
According to me BALL TAMPERING (It is an action in which a fielder illegally alters the condition of the ball.) should be legalized in All forms of Cricket. I believe, Batsman have an edge over bowlers in Cricket.Rules such as power play and free hits,makes the batsman's job easier. But I pity the bowlers as they have to maintain their Line and length. The margin for error is very less for bowlers, so if batsman has the option of power play, let the bowlers also have the option of using the ball as they want. As a result there would be a fair competition in the cricket field. The irony is that ball tampering is usually linked to reverse swing, so bowlers can make maximum use of it and which in turn should make it difficult for the batsman to score. Also batsman use various types of bats in terms of, size ( thickness) and weight to score runs,then why there is only one type of ball being used by the Bowlers?? so let them make the best use of the ball i.e. tamper the ball according to the situation..
So I strongly favour the bowlers and want ICC to legalized Ball Tampering
lol...wht next dude?
ReplyDeletekotla pitch for world cup to favour bowlers?
As both the team has role to play in batting and bowling equally I dunt thnk thrs any sort of unfair competition in cricket
My friend, there was a problem with the pitch and a new pitch will be laid for the world cup. The problem with the pitch does not come out often as all the Cricket Boards know about the consequences (Chances are in case there is a problem with pitch, that venue would be blacklisted). i still think batsman have the edge over the bowlers.
ReplyDeleteI would like to explain with 1 more eg. Everybody knows the performance of Bangladesh in the way they play cricket. Their bowling is not better. Let them have the advantage of temper the ball. Then there would be fair competition between them and the rest of the world cricket. Zimbabwe has been stripped of International Test cricket because of the poor show. I think if bowling is improved with Ball Tempering... who knows anything can happen.
Dude you mean to say if a student is nt so good in studying...he shudnt b strippd of that yr...he should b allowed to copy or cheat in any way so that he could give a good competition to bright students??
ReplyDeleteAnd ur views about kotla's pitch
ReplyDeletewell then dude...there's no way batsmen have the edge over the bowlers.....on the contrary bowlers could injured any batsmen whenever he wants to :P
I agree, but you cannot compare the eg. of student with that of Cricket Players. Both are different in their own ways. Bowlers also get penalised for bowling above height, if they throw a Beamer, they are debarred from bowling. The issue of Kotla pitch does not happen every now and then. So everything is neutral. But i still stand by it, that bowlers should have some advantage as compared to batsman.
ReplyDeleteHey Guys read your blog...interesting topic..well i don't have much knowledge cricket but as per your blog i would say that Arafat is correct...ball tampering should not be allowed...n even if it is allowed then it should allowed in such a way that no batsmen is injured...
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