Cricket

Sachin in favour of switch hitting

Sachin Tendulkar believes Kevin Pietersen’s controversial switch-hitting technique should not be banned but said cricket’s laws needed clarifying.  He also feels that such an approach needs more thought.

“I think they will have to look at it far more closely than has been done; it changes the laws,” he said on Sunday. “It’s about the lbw decisions, how are you going to decide which is off stump and which is leg? My opinion is that when a right-handed batsman takes his guard it doesn’t matter which shot he plays, he’s a right hander and the field can be set accordingly. The moment a right-handed batsman becomes a left hander and changes his grip, changes his stance, then if you’ve got three slips you have three leg slips and it’s a no ball. It’s far more complicated than it appears, the best option is probably to stick to if he’s a right hander, it doesn’t matter where the ball pitches, the off stump will always be off stump.”

Only if it were that simple for the MCC as the Little Genius put it so easily.

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