Shane Warne has suggested changes to improve T20 cricket and ensure the format can provide an even battle between bat and ball and doesn’t remain skewed in favour of the batsmen.
Warne, the brand ambassador and mentor for Rajasthan Royals in the ongoing season of the IPL, suggested an increase in the boundary lengths at bigger venues while he thinks that the grass in the outfield of shorter grounds can be kept longer to help the bowlers.
Warne also wants the maximum number of overs a bowler can bowl in T20s to be increased to five and the pitches used for the format to be similar to day-four Test match wickets.
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I would improve T/20 cricket by
1 Boundaries as big as poss at each venue & on small grounds keep grass on the outfield long
2 Bowlers a max of 5 overs not four
3 Pitch must = day 4 test match pitch & not be a flat rd
As we all want a contest between bat & ball not just 6’s— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) October 2, 2020
Mark Waugh, Warne’s former Australia teammate, agreed with the suggestions, adding that he would like to see the leg-bye rule be scraped and the delivery termed a ‘dead ball’.
Like it Warnster the only thing you forgot which I’ve been saying for a while is get rid of leg byes. It’s should be a dead ball instead. Don’t reward the batting team for missing the ball.?
— Mark Waugh (@juniorwaugh349) October 2, 2020
Warne’s input comes as debate on the balance between bat and ball has drawn greater attention. The ongoing IPL season has already had seven 200+ scores in 13 matches, with Rajasthan chasing down 224 against Chennai Super Kings in Sharjah.
