LARGER WICKETS
EFFECT OF NEW RULES ON BRITISH CRICKET BATSMEN NOT SLOWED (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Sunday. The “Morning Post” says cricketers are keenly discussing the experimental changes in the county game. The new method of assigning points is universally approved. There is no reason to believe. that the larger size of the wicket is diminishing what Andrew Dang called “the burden of high, scoring.” Certamly Hobbs and Bowley, among the older men, and Hammond and Crawley, among the younger ones, have not slowed down. In the course of time the larger wicket may he incorporated in the Marylebone code, but not before the Australians become accustomed to the innovation, especially in test matches. „ .. , Tlie experimental change in tlie leg before wicket rule is generally detested. Batsmen feel that it is not fair to those with a proper system of footwork- Also, it is likely to gain for those players an unpleasant reputation for getting their legs in front of the wicket. Umpires are silent, but there is reason to believe they dislike the increased risk of giving mistaken decisions.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 668, 21 May 1929, Page 9
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