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WC scorecards that go up to 500 runs printed.
Nick Hoult, cricket news correspondent.
London Daily Telegraph.
Thursday, 16 May 2019.
PTG 2795-13936.
Scorecards to go on sale at this year's WorldCup (WC) in England have been reprinted in anticipationof the first 500 total to be scored in oneday cricket. England are just one of a number of teamswithexplosive batting line upsand combinedwith flat pitches it it would not be a surprise ifa side at the WC became the first toscore 500 in a 50 over match.
The current record is 6/481 by Englandagainst Australia at Trent Bridge last year.England chased 358 against Pakistan atBristol on Tuesdaywith ease, wining by sixwickets to underline how the modern 50 overgame is dominated by powerful batting. If theweather stays sunny and the pitches flat,combined with white balls that do not swing,then new batting records will be set in theWorld Cup.
Scorecards bought by fans at games have atally of runs that can be ticked off and for theWorld Cup were originally designed to go upto 400. But at an operations meeting last weekSteve Elworthy, the tournament director,realised they would have to be be redesignedwith a tally of up to 500.
“Cricket is constantly evolving”, said TomHarrison, the England and Wales Cricket Board’schief executive at thelaunch of the Hundred competition onWednesday. “A great example of this was [on Tuesday]. It [England beating Pakistan in a One Day International] was thefifth highest successful run chase ever. Wehave had to change the scale of the scorecardsfor the World Cup so we go up to 500. We hadto reprint the whole things because we thinkthis is the tournament where the 500 runbarrier will be breached for the first time in 50over cricket”.
You can see it happening at Trent Bridge if they use "the road" strip.
Imagine the bowling figures if a side actually scores 500 in 50 overs!
ReplyDeleteIs it just me ,or do others cricket fans find endless boundaries rather tedious after a while ?
We all like a team to chase a good score but surely there has to be a balance between bat and ball ?
It would appear that any bowler with an economy rate of six an over is classed as a potential match winner !
I well remember in the old John Player 40 over Sunday league a score of over 200 was considered almost impossible to chase . A run a ball was very rarely achieved and a big six was still considered something to behold .
Perhaps we need a " fourth" stump to help redress the balance ?
No, we need 10 ball Overs with 2 bowlers able to bowl in each Over, some Time Outs and perhaps limit the Game to 250 balls!!!
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