Thank goodness for that!! Who wants to see that anyway..

I believe that the game should have a good contest between bat and ball, but the Cricket I have watched over the last 4-5 years has been awesome. The Ashes series was one of the best ever.

Bowlers have had to think and use lots of skill to get wickets, much better than just turning up and finding the pitch does it all for them.

Even with all the new rules that are supposed to inhibit the bowlers- how many drawn games do we see these days?

For me the balance is right, and I would not want the bowlers being allowed to deliberately ruff up the ball on the turf to "correct" that balance.