ICC should be happy as one of their experimental proposal seems to be working well. I personally think this will help bowlers much more than batsmen. Most of the recent developments in international cricket did favor batsmen there by tilting the balance of the game in a cruel way towards the batsmen. Even most of the cricket lovers do indentify the game as batsmens game now. Poor bowlers were squeesed to the limit by batsmen friendly attitude of authorities in higher heads of ICC. People like Sunil Gavaskar who till recently held the top most executive level post in ICC was behind most of the innovations which helped batsmen. I can think of only one recent development in cricket which helped bowlers – inclusion of one bouncer per over rule. All other developments in cricket were in favour of batsmen – be it be inclusion of power plays or modern bat making technology or change of ball after 35 overs or grounds all over world becoming short and short to encourage batsmen to hit more sixes.
Evolution of 20-20 cricket was considered to be the death bell for bowlers. Anyway, that wasnt to be. Power of taking wickets prooved too much for batsmen to take over-the-head risks.
This review system will now boost bowlers all over the world to enquire for LBWs after LBWs and those finest of nicks that poor umpire dont hear. One other thing is now umpires cant save a “legend batsmen” from getting out in a critical stage of the game. That was exactly the case with Sachin Tendulkar in the recent test match with Srilanka. Umpire didnt give Tendulkar out on a catch down the leg side, well partly due to the fact that he didnt properly see what happened and partly due to the weight of Tendulkar wicket. But upon review, umpire gave the master blaster out. Tendulkar was not very happy with the result of the review – maybe he knows that “review method” dont really know he is the majestic Tendulkar !
Review system will take away that weight of super-batsmen and from now on, Tendulkars and Pietersons will be given out when they are out – No more home crowd pleasing will happen !
BIG THANKS to tennis authorities for taking this revolutionary step in the world of sports.
