5 rules in cricket that could be changed in the future

#5 Like for like replacement before the match

The match referee should decide if any player suffers an external injury

Very often we find, more so in Test Cricket that a team is forced to play with only 10 players, as one of the players has been injured during the match, or just after the toss. Now, this is not fair on the part of the aggrieved team, as for no fault of theirs, they are reduced to 10 players.

Thus, the ICC and the MCC should hand over this responsibility to the match referee to decide if the player can be substituted, bearing in mind that the injury is an external one. Also, the player coming in should be in the same mould as the player injured.

Thus, if a genuine all-rounder is injured, an all-rounder should make the cut and not a batsman or a bowler. This will prevent teams from fudging injuries to take undue advantage of the rule.