Bat Size : 90 yards penalty !

ICC chief executive has conceded that modern bats have "shifted the balance"

in favour of batsmen, especially in limited-overs cricket.

The issue was a growing concern and the ICC has begun to consider remedial steps,

the first of which will come during the World Cup :

where boundary ropes are to be pulled as far back as 90 yards.

Modern-day cricketers make statements with their bats.

They have more bulge at the back, the edges are chunky (as thick as two inches),

the whole bat is a sweet spot and it can send the ball much higher, much faster and

much farther than once imagined.

In the name of entertainment, administrators have given consent to shorter boundaries

at most venues thereby further hurting the case of the bowler.

The MCC, as law makers, and the ICC will be looking at giving perhaps some consideration

to placing limitations on the depth of a bat in particular.  8)

I recently came across this interesting article on discussing the evolution of cricket bats through the years and the crafstmanship involved.

Quote:One has only to look at the weapons being used by first-class cricketers to see that the profile of bats has changed. Long gone is the traditional blade, the 2lb 5oz scimitar. Willows are no longer particularly willowy.

Yet, as many league cricketers can testify, while the modern bat may look like a mighty piece of wood with its huge 70mm edges, it is very far from the 3lb clubs used 20 and more years ago by Clive Lloyd, Graham Gooch and their like. The average weight of today's bats is around 2lb 9oz, and this in a craft where taking an ounce off a blade can make all the difference to those key criteria, balance and pick-up. So how have manufacturers managed to make 41 ounces look like 48 or more?

The blade maketh the man

Technology has decreased the weight BUT increased the sweet spot !

No surprises here, but Eoin Morgan believes the debate over bat's being too big is ridiculous.

Quote:"The bat-size debate is ridiculous," said Morgan, 28, who believes rule changes in ODIs have boosted scoring.

"I haven't come across a bat yet where I've said 'this is ridiculous, this should be outlawed'.

"The fact that you can concentrate on the bat size when the rule change has been made so that you bowl with two new balls... The ball is never any older than 25 overs and you have an extra man in the circle."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/31195496

Chris Gayle also weighed in, telling The Sydney Morning Herald that "[a] big boy needs a big bat."

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Chris Gayle also weighed in, telling that "[a] big boy needs a big bat."
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Fih Troo !  ::LOL::

Size matters