Tag: Marylebone Cricket Club

  • Marylebone Cricket Club bans use of saliva to shine ball

    Marylebone Cricket Club bans use of saliva to shine ball

    Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has said that using saliva to shine the ball would be treated as an unfair practice.

    “The new laws will not permit the use of saliva on the ball, which also removes any grey areas where fielders eating sugary sweets alter their saliva to apply to the ball,” the MCC said in a statement.

    “Using saliva will be treated the same way as any other unfair method of changing the condition of the ball.”

    In the new rules approved by the MCC, cricketers will not be allowed to use saliva to shine the ball, and the “Mankad” method of dismissing batters will not be classed as unfair play.

    The basic meaning of the term “Mankad” is that a bowler can run out the non-striker batsman if he tries to step out of the crease when the bowler releases the ball.

  • MCC announces new gender-neutral cricket term ‘batter’ to replace ‘batsman’

    MCC announces new gender-neutral cricket term ‘batter’ to replace ‘batsman’

    International cricket laws have been amended to replace the term ‘batsman’ with the gender-neutral word ‘batter.’

    According to details, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) — the sole authority on the laws of cricket since it was founded in 1787 — announced the amendment to the laws of the game on Wednesday.

    The MCC said the use of the terminology would “help reinforce cricket’s status as an inclusive game for all”.

    The profile of women’s cricket has rocketed in recent years, with England’s victory over India in the 2017 World Cup final taking place in front of a capacity crowd at Lord’s, which is owned by the MCC.

    A crowd of 86,174 saw Australia defeat India in the T20 World Cup final in Melbourne in 2020 and in August Lord’s broke the record for a domestic women’s match as more than 17,000 fans watched the final of the inaugural Hundred competition.

    “MCC believes in cricket being a game for all and this move recognises the changing landscape of the game in modern times,” said assistant secretary with responsibility for cricket and operations, Jamie Cox. “Use of the term ‘batter’ is a natural evolution in our shared cricketing language and the terminology has already been adopted by many of those involved in the sport.

    “It is the right time for this adjustment to be recognised formally and we are delighted, as the guardians of the laws, to announce these changes today,” added MCC.