The New 50-50 One Day rules, Going To Change By Today Onwards..

Today is the 1st of October. From today onwards the ICC is going to introduce some new regulations for one day format of cricket. Those rules are validated for the series Sri Lanka-England. Those are the new rules,

• There’ll be a free hit after if it’s a front-foot No-Ball.

• After the 1st power play, that means during second and third power plays, an additional fielder will be permitted outside the fielding , inner circle.

• If there is a problem, like rain , number of overs have to be reduced. If so number of overs for each power play will be reduced accordingly.

• Minimum distance for boundaries was 140 yards . It’ll change to 150 yards.
The minimum on one side is of 65 yards , straight boundaries 70 yards, previously was 60 yards.

• If one side refused to play the mach for any reason, The match referee has the right to choose the winning team.

• If a new batman not ready to play after 2 minutes with a wicket, umpires can impose Time-Wasting penalties for him.

• A new ball can be used in 35th over onwards, but the decider is the leader of the team, who lost the toss.

( I appreciate your replay if there is any other regulations, I’ve forgotten to mention)

Did Gilly Cheat? Can a Squash Ball be a permitted Cricketing Equipment under Law 3 (6) (c) (i) of Cricket?

CRICKET fans on the sub-continent have questioned Adam Gilchrist's match-winning innings in the World Cup final because he had a squash ball inside his batting glove.

I first came across with this question, on one of my blog posts about Gilly's batting glove signal. Then I saw, some one has raised the question on Yahoo Answers.

Most interesting and convincing analysis came from this post titled "How legal was Adam Gilchrist’s hidden ball?" (Of course the title is funny) Here the author refers to the laws of cricket and points..

"In other words, Law 3 (6) (c) (i) specifically prohibits a player from using equipment other than that permitted. And nowhere in cricket’s 42 laws is there a mention of a squash ball as a permitted item."

A very logical question raised by the Sri Lankan cricket fans is "What if Sanath Jayasuriya came with a squash ball hidden inside his glove and score a century? Will the Australian media and Cricket authorities keep silent?"

This question is very logical given the behavior of Australian media and the authorities, when it comes to matters like ball tampering charges against Sri Lanka on a ROCK hard pitch in Perth, and calling Murali for chucking.

I don't think even if Sanath came with a squash ball hidden inside his glove, he couldn't play such a brilliant innings as Gilly that day. There's no debate about the excellence in Gilly's innings. The only question is, whether it is legal to use Squash balls in cricket? How would you differentiate this from Hansi Cronje using a walky talky on the field? Why don't the law allows bowlers to use extra plasters to tighten their grip on ball?

So the topic is wide open. "Did Gilly Cheat? Was it legal to do that?" That's the question. No questioning about the brilliance in his innings. Have your say in the vote caster on the sidebar of this blog. We'll wait how the ICC and other authorities take on this matter.