Goodbye to leg byes? Mark Waugh calls for extraordinary rule change
- sarahjohnsnc
- Jan 3, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 6, 2020
Australian great Mark Waugh has sensationally called for leg-byes to be scrapped from all forms of cricket.
The World Cup-winning batsman made the call for the rule change during the Melbourne Stars’ victory over the Sydney Thunder on Thursday.
Waugh’s shock call occurred after Thunder batsman Alex Ross scampered home for two runs after being struck in the pads from a ball shaping down the leg side.
“You know what, I’ve got a rule change in all cricket: No leg-byes, especially in T20s,” Waugh said in commentary for Fox Cricket.
“That should not be two runs.
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