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ICC considers two dismissals off one ball - Gavaskar LONDON, Feb. 5 (Reuters) - The rules of one-day cricket could be changed to allow double plays where a non-striking batsman can be run out if his partner has been caught or trapped lbw. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar heads the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Cricket Committee which has recommended the proposal in a bid to inject interest into the one-day game which Gavaskar says has become "predictable". "We've looked at a double play situation, where if a batsman's been given out lbw and the ball ricochets off to gully and the fielder picks it up and throws at the non-striker's end, so you have two dismissals off one ball," Gavaskar told the Melbourne Age. "Same if the ball's gone up in the air." The ICC is discussing the proposals at a meeting in Melbourne. Gavaskar also mentioned the idea of splitting the 15-over fielding restriction into three blocks which the batting side could use when they wanted. Cricket chiefs have already tried to spice up the sport by introducing Twenty20 cricket, where the usual 50 overs a side game is reduced to 20. |
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