IMHO Quality of fast bowling is not a problem here. problem lies in the ICC rule books, they keep making rules which favors the batsmen.
1. In 70s there was no rule of no ball - stepping the line-
2. These days one bouncer allowed per over, In 90s it used to be 2 and before that bowler used to bowl 6 bouncers in a single over.
3. Boundaries shrinking day by day in the Shorter Format, nowadays even 350 runs target is reachable, but in old times 220 was winning score.
4. Quality bats, Field restrictions, Power play, Free hit, etc
True, but I don't see any problem in that. However,
the DRS system has helped bowlers a lot these days due to the multitude of wrong decisions being given out by umpires at present which just shows that bowlers are not being neglected completely.
DRS is for Players which includes (Batsmen/Bowlers) both team vs Bad Umpiring, but agree overall all.
Game is evolving and its necessary for cricket to survive, i am perfectly fine with that. infact i support it but we can't deny the fact that as game moving forward its becoming more batsmen friendly in the shorter format. we shouldn't look at past and whine but when we are looking at overall game history then least we can do is be honest about it.
Look what happened in the Test Cricket in recent times when pitches were green and bouncy (WI vs Eng,-- Eng vs Ind,-- SA vs Ind or Ind vs Aus) or even on flat pitches (Aus vs Pak and Ind vs SA ). teams gets decimated by bowlers only handful of batsmen stands tall in current generations.
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The ICC changed the rules, because according to them the audience cares more about the batsmen.
They are not wrong though. Fast Bowlers are considered second class citizens who do all hard work and Spinners are third class citizen in the cricket.
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Thanks Bro, can understand.