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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Dubai, Feb 4 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) is considering placing limitations on the depth of a bat with less than a fortnight left for the World Cup to begin to restore the balance between batsman and bowler.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">ICC chief executive David Richardson has said the balance between batsman and bowler &quot;may have shifted a bit too much&quot; in favour of the former.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;No one begrudges an A.B. de Villiers, who plays some superb shots, Brendon McCullum, Kumar Sangakkara, they are exceptionally talented and no one minds if they hit some great shots which go for six,&quot; Richardson was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Also Read&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: justify;\">&rArr;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/michael-clarke-ready-for-any-world-cup-fitness-test-trainer--6859\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/michael-clarke-ready-for-any-world-cup-fitness-test-trainer--6859\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Michael Clarke ready for any World Cup fitness test<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;But where some batsmen are mishitting balls and it is just carrying over the rope and going for a six instead of being caught at the boundary, that is what some cricket people believe has become unfair,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;The MCC (World Cricket Committee), as law makers, and the ICC will be looking at giving perhaps some consideration to placing limitations on the depth of a bat in particular,&quot; he added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The idea, however, has been met with criticism from bat manufacturers who said they do not think it is quite &quot;fair&quot; to reduce the width of a bat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Greg Eime, the brand manager at Gunn and Moore, said smaller grounds were a big factor for batsmen mishitting balls for sixes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Effectively the game has changed and the way the batsmen play has changed,&quot; Eime said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;It&#39;s a combination of a lot of things, even down to the players&#39; physical fitness and strength. To go finger pointing at the bats, I don&#39;t think that&#39;s quite fair.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Michael Reid, the sponsor manager at bat manufacturer Gray-Nicolls, said there has been &quot;a number of changes to the game which contribute to the higher scores and so forth. Not necessarily the bat sizes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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