Proposals to radically change Test Cricket | Thread profile

I am going to start posting, one after the other, a series of proposals for changing Test cricket. Some of them may sound preposterous but I would suggest please bear with it for lateral thinking is not something to be scoffed at. In any case ICC is not going to accept them just because I say so The idea is to discuss them threadbare, one by one, to understand the implications of each, ...

SJS I'm ready for any ideas you might have.

Proposal # 1 : Switch to an 8 ball over This is the least radical of the proposals coming but an important one to get out of the way since it is vital. If we want more result oriented games, we need to get more cricket in the games. We can legislate and do what we want but it seems its going to be a struggle to get teams to exceed the 90 (6 ball) overs limit that exists today. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by FRAZ Give grace days for rain ! Discuss the proposal at hand please Send your proposals to yours truly

Quote: Originally Posted by SJS Proposal # 1 : Switch to an 8 ball over This is the least radical of the proposals coming but an important one to get out of the way since it is vital. If we want more result oriented games, we need to get more cricket in the games. We can legislate and do what we want but it seems its ...

Quote: Originally Posted by SJS Discuss the proposal at hand please Send your proposals to yours truly My bad ! As per usual I didn't read the first post completely . I am deleting that now .

I would imagine this would hurt fast bowlers and benefit spinners. That is not necessarily a bad thing but since there will probably still be more quicks around, this may tend to reduce the overall effectiveness of attacks particularly at the end of a long innings. What were the reasons for the earlier transition from 8 to 6 ball overs?

8 ball overs certainly speed the game up as there is less in between overs turn arounds. Ive bowled them in the past but I wouldnt fancy doing it again TBH, it maybe one of the rules that 10 years own the line vryone wonders what all the fuss was about. There isnt anything special abot the number 6. Though taking the argument to its logical conclusion. Why not 10 ball overs? ...

The 8 ball over was introduced into English Cricket on an experimental basis in 1939 and didn't resume after the war - my understanding is that there was no noticable increase in the amount of play in the day, fast bowlers hated it and the spectators weren't particularly keen given a pace bowler would take an average of 6 minutes per over (no doubt 7 or 8 now) - still it lasted in Australia for ...

Quote: Originally Posted by fredfertang The 8 ball over was introduced into English Cricket on an experimental basis in 1939 and didn't resume after the war - my understanding is that there was no noticable increase in the amount of play in the day, fast bowlers hated it and the spectators weren't particularly keen given a pace bowler...