Some of the world’s finest cricketers have hit out on the most divisive catch of the summer season, with Josh Hazlewood calling for the principles to be modified within the wake of Michael Neser’s controversial screamer to dismiss Jordan Silk within the BBL.
Neser made contact with the ball inside the sphere of the play, then jumped over the rope, the place he batted the ball again along with his toes off the bottom, after which hopped again contained in the Gabba boundary to say the catch.
It was a superbly authorized play in accordance with the principles, however commentators, followers and gamers need to see it modified after it successfully ended any hope of the Sixers reeling in Brisbane’s complete on Sunday evening.
“I didn’t like it all,” Hazlewood stated.
“I think it should be back to the old rule where you have to be in the field of play and that’s your last step before you throw it back in. It was something different and ‘Ness’ is pretty cluey with the rules. It worked for them last night.
“Players are definitely aware of the rule. I’m not sure when [the rule] changed, but it was a few years back.”
New Zealand veteran Trent Boult is gearing up for the Melbourne derby on Tuesday evening, and whereas he doesn’t assume the boundary rope needs to be pushed additional again, he concedes the rule must be tweaked given the general public backlash.
“I didn’t realise that was the rule,” stated Boult.
“I think it might need addressing; I’ve seen a couple of comments saying ‘what is the point of a boundary rope?’ and ‘can you keep hopping around the field of play?’
“I’ve got to be careful because I may have taken one like that at one point …
“I think it’s a tough one, but to make it clear, I think you should have to touch the field of play again once you come back over the rope.”
