Fifty-over game must change
In the Daily Telegraph , Derek Pringle writes that the 50-over game desperately requires radical changes
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
In the Daily Telegraph, Derek Pringle writes that the 50-over game desperately requires radical changes. He lists five innovations to spice it up, such as allowing both the fielding side and the batting side to take their Powerplays after the 20th over.
Remove the playing condition that restricts bowlers to having a maximum of five fielders on the leg-side. Packing that side of the wicket can restrict the scoring, but it would open up the off-side field allowing bold batsmen to score boundaries that are such rarities in the middle overs these days.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo