Cricket: Say NO To Century!

Suraj Randiv made a new beginning in modern aggressive cricketing history.

Many of us hardly knew about this rule of counting just one run for the no ball when scores are level and not bothering about how the ball was played or what happened to it.

When you cannot win, at least you try to make it hard for the opposition to achieve it or when someone is nearing a century try to prevent it with attacking field positions and bouncers and like that--was so far the mantra for aggressive cricket. Now a new kind of aggression had been added thanks to Randiv or Dilshan or Sangakkara.

Doing it for the first time the deliberation could not be hidden and it was too obvious which started the huge controversy. And so, action had to be taken in the name of 'spirit of cricket'.

But from now onwards bowlers will concentrate on hiding the deliberate act and will try the no-ball method as and when the opportunity is given.

Poor Sehwag missed a most well  deserved match winning century. But, more are likely to join him in the near future without having even the opportunity to doubt it or speculate or debate or comment or tweet or ridicule the act.

Beware!        .