MCC Likely to Adopt 'Shot Clock' in Cricket Following Lord's Meet

Of late, the international cricket laws have suggested the inclusion of the ‘shot clock’ is set to improve the subject of over-rating. The MCC World Cricket Committee culminated its two-day meeting on Tuesday (August 7) at Lord’s in London.

The suggestion of ‘shot clock’ came after the statistics revealed that slow-over rate is lowest in Test cricket since last 11 years.

Pertinently, in the case of Twenty20 format, it hit the all-time low in the recent times. The committee expressed disappointment after a year-long review.

The ‘shot clock’ is avail in many games like Tennis that is taking place around the globe. The adoption of such thing can help to impose the penalty in case of a slow-over rate.

The former Australian skipper, Ricky Ponting along with Sourav Ganguly and Mike Gatting while addressing a news conference said,

“It is probably a little extreme, the idea of a shot clock.”

“The idea of the shot clock is about dead time in the game. It’s not about when the bowlers are running in,” he said. “It is non-negotiable, it’s the same for the new batsman coming to the crease.”

Renowned cricketers during MCC meet at ord’s backed for ‘Short Clock’ in cricket:

The committee suggests the adoption of ‘shot clock’ from the very second a bowler reaches to the top of the bowling mark to the point when he will finish his over.

Well, the onus will be on the skipper of the fielding team.

Ponting on Edgbaston Test:

Ponting feels pleased with the maintenance and role of Edgbaston track.

While illustrating the example of Edgbaston Test which England eventually won by 31, Ponting said,

“If (captains) are not in a position, and are three or four overs (behind), it is 20 runs, which as we saw in the game last week (India lost to England by 31 runs) was the difference.”