Shane Warne, the Spin Wizard, in a Sky Sports Podcast suggested that making one side of the ball heavier could be the solution cricket world is searching for.
He feels that making the ball comparatively weighted from one side would ensure that the ball doesn’t need any shining. He added that it could help fast bowlers generate swing even on flat wickets and permanently eradicate ball-tampering.
The cricket world is currently speculating a possible solution for the bowling team so that the battle on the field remains entertaining.
“Why can’t the ball be weighted on one side so it always swings? It would be like a taped tennis ball or like with the lawn bowls,” Warne told the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.
It would eradicate ball-tempering
Warner in the podcast said that using the weighed ball as nobody has to do anything like using saliva or applying any other artificial alternatives.
“You wouldn’t have to worry about anyone tampering with it with bottle tops, sandpaper, or whatever. It would be a good competition between bat and ball,” he said.
He also added that his suggestions should be also for the reason that, while bats have become bigger and lighter, the ball has not evolved over the years and it is necessary to bring some changes for a good competition between bat and bowl.
“Have a look at how the bats have evolved. If you pick up one of the bats you started with in the 80s, and then one you used at the end of your career, it’s like four of your old ones stuck together – but the thing is lighter! “So why has the ball not evolved? If anything, it has got worse,” added Warne
Kookaburra is working on an alternative
Whilst the debate is still not conclusive and the cricket fraternity is skeptical about cricket after the pandemic era, the Australian Manufacturer Kookaburra came up with an alternative idea.
The major manufacturer brand says that it has started developing a wax applicator which could be a “concussion” for the sweat and saliva. The ball could be ready in a month’s time informed the managing director of the brand.
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