5 changes which can bring transparency to Cricket

The 6’s-over-boundaries

At times the ball agonizingly evades a leaping fielder to register as an over-boundary and there are times when balls climb the roofs at a distance of 120 meters from the batting crease. Both go down on the scoreboard as six runs scored against the fielding team.

Here is where a petite deviation is needed from the age-old law saying that it only requires the ball to clear the ropes in order to score six runs irrespective of by how much distance the ball has crossed over the boundary ropes.

Cricket has raced its way into technical brilliance calculating the distance of the sixes. It will be fairer to some extent for the batsman if the runs are calculated as per the distance travelled by the ball. Here’s how the rule may be fragmented:

0-15 meters over the boundary ropes: 6 runs

16-30 meters over the boundary ropes: 6+1= 7 runs

31-45 meters over the boundary ropes: 6+2= 8 runs

45+ meters over the boundary ropes: 6+3= 9 runs