According to former Pakistan speed star Shoaib Akhtar, cricket is being destroyed by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of the game.
In a recent interview with a popular cricket website ESPNcricinfo, Shoaib said the ICC was destroying cricket. In an interview with Cricinfo, Shoaib told India’s Sanjay Manjrekar, “The ICC is destroying cricket more than improving it. To put it bluntly, the ICC has failed to improve cricket in the last 10 years, on the contrary, it has destroyed a lot. They have succeeded in that. In this case, the ICC has a lot of success.
He added that the ICC has created some “playing conditions” to end cricket. Especially white-ball cricket. Cricket is gradually becoming a game for batsmen. ‘
Now two new balls are being played and most of the time no more than four fielders can be placed outside the circle, so Shoaib thinks the number of bouncers in overs should be increased for the convenience of the bowlers.
“I have been saying over and over again that the rules for one bouncer in an over should be changed,” he said. Now two new balls, a total of four fielders outside the circle. The ICC should be asked, has the quality of cricket increased or decreased in the last ten years? Is the Tendulkar-Shoaib fight the same as before?’
If using of saliva stops due to coronavirus, the bowlers will have more problems. So the ICC should take big steps for the bowlers here, said Shoaib. However, Shoaib has doubts that the ICC will not be able to provide any benefits to the bowlers here either.
“If you can’t spit, the bowlers can’t do anything for the team,” he said. In this case, the ICC should make convenient arrangements for the bowlers. But even here the ICC can do nothing. The advantage of batsmen will increase further. Cricket will lose its glory. ‘
