Cricket entering a new era with IPL, mongoose bat, pink ball: Hayden
March 31st, 2010 - 11:10 am ICT by ANIChennai, Mar.31 (ANI): Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden believes cricket is entering a new and exciting era with the advent of Twenty20 competitions like the Indian Premier League (IPL), the introduction of the revolutionary long handle-short blade “Mongoose Bat” and the pink cricket ball.
Hayden has caused a stir in the ongoing third edition of the IPL with his Mongoose bat that generates extra hitting power with its long handle and short blade.
And, with the MCC and Durham trialling a pink ball in Abu Dhabi and day-night Tests on the agenda, Hayden, 38, claims the game is changing faster than ever.
“Cricket’s landscape is colourful. Test cricket is your Rembrandt and the other formats are there to be painted in different and exciting ways,” The Sun quoted Hayden, as saying.
The pink cricket ball, which has been used under lights for the first time in a four-day game, has received a mixed response with players saying that it was not very difficult to see but some viewers outside the field faced problems to spot the ball from a distance.
The ball is being tested as part of a bid to eventually play the five-day Test format under lights to make the game more popular.
ICC president David Morgan said Tests will be played under lights by 2012 although plans to have a night-time Test against Bangladesh this summer were scrapped. (ANI)
- What happened to Mongoose bats? - Apr 12, 2012
- Hayden launches Mongoose bat - Mar 11, 2010
- Pink balls, four fielding substitues in IPL practice matches - Nov 11, 2009
- Pink, orange balls likely choice for day-night Tests - Apr 20, 2011
- Mongoose bat packs more power: Hayden - Mar 19, 2010
- Sheffield Shield to be played under twilight - Aug 17, 2011
- Pakistan to play premier domestic final with pink balls - Jan 11, 2011
- Now, a `Mongoose' bat that could revolutionise the way cricket is played - May 29, 2009
- Day-night test matches on cards: ICC - Jan 18, 2011
- "Mongoose" bat didn't click for me: Dinesh Karthik - Mar 21, 2010
- ICC cricket committee to re-consider legality of switch-hit - May 28, 2012
- Happy to play day-night Tests, but would like to see ball and where it's played: Clarke - Jan 29, 2010
- ICC endorses first class Test match played in 'day and night' format in Pakistan - Jan 18, 2011
- Pink cricket ball gets mixed response - Mar 30, 2010
- Day/night test idea unlikely soon in absence of suitable ball - Sep 11, 2009
Tags: abu dhabi, advent, blade, chennai, cricket ball, david morgan, day game, ipl, matthew hayden, mcc, new era, night tests, night time, pink ball, premier league, president david, rembrandt, test cricket, test format, time test