Cricket is too complex
From Sameer, India I feel rules of cricket needs to be simplified
Cricinfo
25-Feb-2013
From Sameer, India
I feel rules of cricket needs to be simplified. But they seem to be going in other direction. LBW is a very complex decision. Who is going to decide whether more than half of the ball was pitched outside leg stump? Then whether bat was just hidden behind the pads or genuinely batsman was trying the shot but missed it. All this is subjective. If the ball is going to hit the stumps and if it has not hit the bat at all then you should be given out. Obviously umpire would be the judge. The same eight countries are playing cricket for some years now. Complexity of rules might be another reason for the disinterest of the viewers worldwide.
I feel rules of cricket needs to be simplified. But they seem to be going in other direction. LBW is a very complex decision. Who is going to decide whether more than half of the ball was pitched outside leg stump? Then whether bat was just hidden behind the pads or genuinely batsman was trying the shot but missed it. All this is subjective. If the ball is going to hit the stumps and if it has not hit the bat at all then you should be given out. Obviously umpire would be the judge. The same eight countries are playing cricket for some years now. Complexity of rules might be another reason for the disinterest of the viewers worldwide.