New ECB rule

[Eggman]

You can bowl the ball to a fielder when warming up but it must go directly into the hands and not touch the ground.

Any bowler worth his salt would want to keep the match ball in prime condition, so wouldn't want to bowl it into a dusty or wet outfield.

I'd bowl an old (warm up) ball into the turf but not the one I would be using in the match - it defeats the object of keeping it polished or dry and with a clean seam.

I supose a purveyor of reverse swing might want to speed up the deterioration of a ball, but I can't see there being too many of them in club cricket.

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Double post

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Were you the lad with black hair slight look of Ure Gellar

Brandon me and my lad front row nearly pist myself when the old accountant bloke said he would do the books next year if he wasn't deed

Never had that lookalike before!

Any bowler worth his salt would want to keep the match ball in prime condition, so wouldn't want to bowl it into a dusty or wet outfield.

I'd bowl an old (warm up) ball into the turf but not the one I would be using in the match - it defeats the object of keeping it polished or dry and with a clean seam.

I supose a purveyor of reverse swing might want to speed up the deterioration of a ball, but I can't see there being too many of them in club cricket.

Is the ball touching the outfield once or twice really going to make much difference to a club player?

 

[The Voice Of Reason]

Never had that lookalike before!



Is the ball touching the outfield once or twice really going to make much difference to a club player?

We get through a few balls anyway with our bowling never have time to doctor them

 

[The Shark]

We get through a few balls anyway with our bowling never have time to doctor them

This was exactly my point...it wasnt unknown last season to use about 5 balls or maybe even more during an innings and by the end some of the balls must have seen years of use, no amount of bowling it into the ground would make any difference what so ever. (there was actually one game we ran out of balls and had to start borrowing the away teams)

 

[Connolly_31]

Were you the lad with black hair slight look of Ure Gellar

Brandon me and my lad front row nearly pist myself when the old accountant bloke said he would do the books next year if he wasn't deed

btw.

 

[The Voice Of Reason]

This was exactly my point...it wasnt unknown last season to use about 5 balls or maybe even more during an innings and by the end some of the balls must have seen years of use, no amount of bowling it into the ground would make any difference what so ever. (there was actually one game we ran out of balls and had to start borrowing the away teams)

Spot on mate

 

[SAFC2403]

This was exactly my point...it wasnt unknown last season to use about 5 balls or maybe even more during an innings and by the end some of the balls must have seen years of use, no amount of bowling it into the ground would make any difference what so ever. (there was actually one game we ran out of balls and had to start borrowing the away teams)

Playing for a good team then ??

 

[Eggman]

Is the ball touching the outfield once or twice really going to make much difference to a club player?

Once or twice would definately not damage the ball too much, but if the ECB are bringing in a rule I would have thought was to stop the ball is being actively degraded - my point being I wouldn't want to bowl with a ball that was getting damaged to this extent.

Whether it's a polished side for swing bowling or a clean seam for seam up, you want to keep the ball in it's best condition for as long as possible.

 

[shildonmackem]

We have been told by the County League committee not to implement this rule. You'd need eyes up your arse to enforce this anyway.

 

[The Shark]

Playing for a good team then ??

haha, amazing...tho to be fair, on the day this guy just came in and hit everything. I bowled a yorker on middle stump and got hit for 4 then bowled a bouncer and was edged for 6 the next ball, makes you want to give up.

Another game the away team played with a ball older than half our team as it was a horrible day. We couldnt see the ball as it was such a dark red (nearly black)against the dark sky so this rule would be pointless in situations like that.