Switch hit?

[MUFC1987]

To me, the fielders problem is irrelevant. If you're close, you should be expecting the ball all the time anyway, no matter how hard it's hit.

It's innovative, so the shot should be allowed. If I was the ICC, all I'd say is that once the stance has been changed, the ball has to be very wide to be called a wide (i.e. an offside wide in both directions in terms of distance) and that there is no pitching outside leg for the LBW rule. I.e. where it pitches is irrelevant if the batsman switches his stance.

I think those two changes give the bowler more options and make it less batsmen friendly.

 

[aussie1st]

The reason the bowlers have to indicate which direction they are coming from is due to the sightscreen. So with wider sighscreens we could solve that problem and allow bowlers going in from whichever end they choose.

 

[Dare]

If the batsman is moving way to early in the crease then the bowler should just stop his run-up every time. If I was a bowler and I still wasn't in my delivery stride and saw the batsman move or switch stances I would stop and go back and run in again, I would keep doing that until the umpire does something about it.

Also if the batsman is left handed and switches to right I would bowl it down the leg-side of a right handed batsman, just on the borderline of a wide ball to a lefthander.

 

[Howsie]

I must say, I had a chuckle when David Warner explained what he was saying to the umpire when he was being spoken to about his switch hit. Something along the lines of "Bowlers can bowl over or around the wicket and we have to adjust, why can't they" Yes, batsmen these days only get big bats, flat pitches, one bouncer an over and smaller grounds, but it still isn't fair, bowlers must learn to adjust :laugh

I didn't mind what Kevin Pietersen done because he didn't change his grip, unlike Warner last night. If you're going to play the switch hit as a umpire I wouldn't call a wide (unless it was off the pitch), or a wide for an over the head bouncer. Even up the playing field a little, because bats have become so good that even a little power is good enough to get the ball over the infield.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

I say let all the batsman vote on

a) make switching stance illegal and keep things as they are.

b) make switching stance legal but bye bye to the law that says an LBW must pitch in-line or outside off. If they can switch stances where exactly is outside leg anyway? too confusing, if you allow switch hitting that law has to go.

 

[jkartik]

i dont have a problem with switch hit but the LBW and wide rules should also be changed accordingly.

 

[McLOVIN]

i saw what Warner was doing, but KP's switch wasnt anything like that was it? he just switched the side, not his hands like Warner

 

[irottev]

I think it shouldn't be allowed. If this becomes allowed then they should let bowlers change from over to around the wicket whenever they want and if they wanna bowl left or right handed they should also be allowed to do it.

 

[aussie1st]

i saw what Warner was doing, but KP's switch wasnt anything like that was it? he just switched the side, not his hands like Warner

Warner fully switched to a right hander.

I think it shouldn't be allowed. If this becomes allowed then they should let bowlers change from over to around the wicket whenever they want and if they wanna bowl left or right handed they should also be allowed to do it.

I wouldn't have a problem allowing that. As I mentioned earlier the problem is the sightscreen, if they change run up then the batsmen loses the ball in the crowd.

I don't see a problem allowing it for T20 or even ODIs as its no biggie really. If we start seeing it in Test then you will see the complaints start flowing in. Anyway Warner has said he won't play that shot anymore since its against the Spirit of cricket.

 

[McLOVIN]

Warner fully switched to a right hander.

ya i saw that. thats why KP's shot is allowed, Warner's 1 shouldnt be

 

[War]

Its fine. Its not like alot of batsmen can do it properly either, most of them would end up doing crap attempting it. Only KP does it well last i checked.

 

[Robelinda]

Love it. Innovation is great, not cheating like eating the cricket ball.

 

[Dare]

Its fine. Its not like alot of batsmen can do it properly either, most of them would end up doing crap attempting it. Only KP does it well last i checked.

Except KPs is completely different from Warners.

 

[pcfan123]

Im digging up the highlights but can someone clarify the difference between KPs and Warners.

KP:

It looks like KP switches both his stance and his grip to a left handers. So when he plays the shot he is basically a left handed batsman.

Am I seeing this right?

Hmarka added 0 Minutes and 28 Seconds later...

Ignore the title, the idiot youtube guy called it a reverse sweep, which it most definitely is not

 

[TumTum]

They look exactly the same.

Warner just had his hands already switched around on the handle before anything.