Akhtar slams new no-ball rule

Akhtar slams new no-ball rule

Cricinfo staff

July 13, 2007

The ICC delegates ponder over matters while deciding new rules, including the no-ball rule, during a meeting at Lords in June Getty Images

Shoaib Akhtar has slammed the new bowling rule that allows batsmen a free hit after a no-ball and has asked the ICC to reconsider it. The rule, brought in during the ICC's annual conference at Lord's, comes into effect in October following the Twenty20 World Championship was termed "harsh on bowlers" by Akhtar.

"One-day cricket heavily favours the batsman and the new rule is very harsh on bowlers," Akhtar told AFP. "With this change there will be no margin of error for the bowler. If a bowler has come back from injury he would definitely lose his rhythm and bowl no-balls."

Akhtar, who himself has recently returned to the Pakistan fold after a long layoff due to injury, described the law as "nonsense" and pointed at how difficult conditions are for the bowlers as things stand. "Bowlers have to toil hard in one-day cricket because most of the rules favour batsmen. Pitches are tailor-made for batsmen so everything is against bowlers."

James Franklin, the Kiwi pacer, however, believes that the new rule will make bowlers think and concede less no-balls, an act that would work in their favour. The new rules comes into effect from October 1.

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yeah i read about it as well...but i dont know fiza y is he having a prob with ds rule and he is asking the icc to reconsider it...what if the ICC puts a penalty on him for doing so...he wont be able to do anything..????...what say fiza.. 😛

Originally posted by: farisss4

yeah i read about it as well...but i dont know fiza y is he having a prob with ds rule and he is asking the icc to reconsider it...what if the ICC puts a penalty on him for doing so...he wont be able to do anything..????...what say fiza.. 😛

well fariss , u know how he bowls... in the first 5 overs he either gives no-ball or wide ball.. so yes...this new rule will defiently bother him... even i think its unfair for the bowlers.. why shud u change the rule when its already been made and noone really had any problem with it... i don't understand ICC..😕... do u?.... and yes u're ryte... shoaib shud have talk to PCB afterwards rather than discussing it with ICC... ICC have always been against pak team ...

ICC is just been a crap fiza...dey r taking action on all asian bowlers as always and are not bodered about anything else...what they now is how to make asian bowlers under pressure when they r going really well...bloody icc.. 😆 😆 😆

Originally posted by: farisss4

ICC is just been a crap fiza...dey r taking action on all asian bowlers as always and are not bodered about anything else...what they now is how to make asian bowlers under pressure when they r going really well...bloody icc.. 😆 😆 😆

yeah.. i agree with u 😆