Should two or three wides in an over should be announced as free hit?

India
May 9, 2011 4:36pm CST
After Free hit concept arrived the no balls has been reduced before in a game seeing 4 no balls is often but now even seeing 2 no balls is not too much.So I feel when a bowler bowls his first wide let us give him first warning and if he bowls more than that wide in that over should it be announced as free hit?
3 responses
• India
11 May 11
It is a nice idea. Actually very few bowlers do it, those who are getting hit for boundaries almost all deliveries. So, after giving two or three wides ICC can implement the rule of Free Hit. I don't think it will happen in ODIs or Tests because no bowler will do it i.e. three wides in an over, so only in Twenty 20 especially in tournaments like IPL, Twenty 20 World Cup these kind of things may happen. So, ICC can think about it in order to reduce number of wides in an over. They can also think of Free Hit for any kind of No Balls, not only for stepping over the line during delivery.
@hanuma34 (819)
• India
10 May 11
Hi sabari. You have a point there. But There is a subtle difference in the rules for wide and noball. While a batsman can hit a wide going ball and make it a legal delivery, a no ball remains an illegal delivery even if the batsman scores of it. He can only be run out on a no ball. He is not out even when clean bowled or caught. Moreover, in spite of the line marks given for umpires guidance, on most occasions the wides are given unjustly. I think punishing the bowler for wides more than what is already done is not necessary.
• India
9 May 11
Two wide is not enough for a bowler. Let it can be three. After that he can be punished by giving a free hit for the batsmen.