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Bowling short to deliberately hurt batsmen

Thursday, 30 July 2015




The report by Reuters, London was published in most dailies on July 28, 2015. It was stated in the report that England bowlers are being taught to hurt and injure batsmen, having lost all mastery over clever and deceptive bowling to force batsmen in making mistakes and being 'out'. Now batsmen have to defend both wickets and their bodies against deliberately made threatening deliveries. This can not be cricket that was so long known as a gentleman's game.
Instead, short bowling should be further restricted, and any ball above chest level should be declared a 'dangerous ball' and the penalty for one such delivery should be at least seven runs in favour of the batting team. Should any bowler bowl two such deliveries in an over, he should be barred from bowling any more in that innings.
Only stiff penalties like this will deter a bowler from adopting such unsporting and unethical practice. All cricket playing nations should ensure that cricket remains a civilised game that it used to be and not one that hurts a player by deliberate violent action of another player.
S.A.Mansoor
Dhaka.
sam@dhakacom.com