Waqar, Tendulkar urge two-ball rethink

NEW DELHI: Indian and Pakistani legends Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis on Friday joined calls to scrap the act of utilizing two new balls in one-day worldwide cricket following a string of mammoth scores.

Tendulkar, the most noteworthy scoring batsman ever, who resigned in 2013, tweeted that having two balls in every inning "is an ideal formula for fiasco as each ball isn't since time is running short to get mature enough to switch (swing)".

He included: "We haven't seen invert swing, an essential piece of the passing overs, for quite a while."

Sachin Tendulkar

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Having 2 new balls in a single day cricket is an ideal formula for calamity as each ball isn't since its getting late to get mature enough to switch. We haven't seen turn around swing, an indispensable piece of the demise overs, for quite a while. #ENGvsAUS

1:03 PM - Jun 21, 2018

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Previous Pakistan speedster Younis, an ace of the turn around swing alongside sly accomplice Wasim Akram amid their playing days, tweeted that he "completely concurred" with Tendulkar.

"Motivation behind why we don't create numerous assaulting quick bowlers..They all extremely guarded in their approach," he said. "invert swing is nearly vanished..#SAD".

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@waqyounis99

Motivation behind why we don't create numerous assaulting quick bowlers..They all exceptionally protective in their approach...always searching for change ups..totally concur with you @sachin_rt switch swing is relatively vanished.. #SAD

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Having 2 new balls in a single day cricket is an ideal formula for catastrophe as each ball isn't since its getting late to get mature enough to switch. We haven't seen switch swing, a necessary piece of the passing overs, for quite a while. #ENGvsAUS

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The remarks came after England's batsmen set another ODI record this week with a colossal 481-6 against Australia at Nottingham.

At that point on Thursday, England pursued down the guests' 310 — a more-than-respectable aggregate in previous days — with 32 balls and six wickets to save.

Britain's aggregate at Trent Bridge was the eighth score of at least 400 since the beginning of 2015. Before that there had been only 11.

The appearance of the quick scoring T20 organize has had an impact however one of the best changes has been utilizing two white balls, one from each end, amid an innings.

Britain post new ODI record aggregate of 481-6

The International Cricket Council acquainted this in 2011 with check the discolouration of the white ball in ODIs and help snappier bowlers get more skip.

Be that as it may, white balls tend to swing not as much as conventional red ones, and the utilization of two balls has implied that wear and tear — which additionally helps swing — has been diminished.

James Anderson, England's unequaled driving Test wicket-taker, on Tuesday communicated his doubts while comrade Michael Atherton said swing bowlers have been "undermined".

"The diversion needs to locate a reasonable white ball that swings toward the begin and should desert the utilization of two balls for each innings," previous commander Atherton wrote in The Times.