CricFan2012
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I create this thread in great sadness.
As a Pakistani fan, I have always enjoyed our bowling, we were once lauded for our supreme pace skills, reverse swinging the ball, prodigiously swinging it at will, now not so much.
Seeing stumps going for a cartwheel is a beautiful sight, one that we are going to be seeing less often unless its increasingly cloudy on that day or a decent pitch curator does a just job.
Judging by the 2015 World Cup, invigoration of T20 cricket, the state of the majority of ODI pitches and the batting heavy culture and rules, the 2019 World Cup will follow suite.
We are about to see another run fest, perhaps the largest of them all.
It is time to adjust. ICC has decided the game is heading in a direction where the majority of the fans want to see boundaries and 'home runs', we will never see an age where the bat and ball are balanced, the sport is likening to baseball every year.
Economy rates of under 6 will become the new bench mark, an average of just under 30 will suffice, most of all, economy rates will become the crucial factor in deciding debates regarding bowlers more than ever. Times have changed, and so must our perceptions of what makes a decent bowler must too.
Now let us welcome this new era of cricket and the 2019 World Cup with some hope and a renewed vision.
As a Pakistani fan, I have always enjoyed our bowling, we were once lauded for our supreme pace skills, reverse swinging the ball, prodigiously swinging it at will, now not so much.
Seeing stumps going for a cartwheel is a beautiful sight, one that we are going to be seeing less often unless its increasingly cloudy on that day or a decent pitch curator does a just job.
Judging by the 2015 World Cup, invigoration of T20 cricket, the state of the majority of ODI pitches and the batting heavy culture and rules, the 2019 World Cup will follow suite.
We are about to see another run fest, perhaps the largest of them all.
It is time to adjust. ICC has decided the game is heading in a direction where the majority of the fans want to see boundaries and 'home runs', we will never see an age where the bat and ball are balanced, the sport is likening to baseball every year.
Economy rates of under 6 will become the new bench mark, an average of just under 30 will suffice, most of all, economy rates will become the crucial factor in deciding debates regarding bowlers more than ever. Times have changed, and so must our perceptions of what makes a decent bowler must too.
Now let us welcome this new era of cricket and the 2019 World Cup with some hope and a renewed vision.
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