Former West Indies skipper Carlos Brathwaithe stated that some of the ‘Hundred’ rules will also come in T20 cricket and that will make the format more attractive.
The 33-year-old Brathwaite, who landed here from Manchester — where he captained Manchester Originals in The Hundred — to turn out for his franchise Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League beginning on August 27, added that some of the rules in The Hundred were “interesting” and would help “quicken” T20 cricket.
“The rules (in The Hundred) were interesting,” said Brathwaite.
“The rules that I think will probably come into play into mainstream T20 would be the extra fielder comes into the circle if you are past the cut-off time. I think that would give more of a team effort to get the overs in. I think T20 has got really, really slow. It was supposed to initially last less than three hours. Sometimes we’ve got T20s going on to four hours plus. So I think that will help quicken the game,” Brathwaite was quoted as saying by espncricinfo.
“I think two overs from the same end is probably something that could catch on as well. Again, just for speed of play. It now means that you [switch ends] 10 times instead of 20. And the idea of not crossing if the batter gets out caught — the new batter comes into bat. I think those three are ones that could potentially be implemented or phased into T20 cricket in the future.”