I read a newspaper interview yesterday ,where David Lloyd recalled facing Thommo in the 1974 Ashes series and said they had 8 ball overs in those days.Thommo often bowled 5 bouncers !
2006-11-21 17:17:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
Subsequently, some countries experimented with eight balls an over. In 1922, the number of balls per over was changed from six to eight in Australia only. In 1924 the eight ball over was extended to New Zealand and in 1937 to South Africa. In England, the eight ball over was adopted experimentally for the 1939 season; the intention was to continue the experiment in 1940, but first-class cricket was suspended for the Second World War and when it resumed, English cricket reverted to the six ball over. The 1947 Laws of Cricket allowed six or eight balls depending on the conditions of play. Since the 1979/80 Australian and New Zealand seasons, the six ball over has been used worldwide and the most recent version of the Laws in 2000 only permits six ball overs.
2006-11-21 17:36:01 · answer #1 · answered by smith 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Modern day Test cricket (since 1979/80) has been played all over the world with six balls per over. However, Test cricket started with 4 balls per over and has had varying number of balls per over around the world up to 1979/80.
Balls per over
In England
1880 to 1888: 4
1890 to 1899: 5
1902 to 1938: 6
1939 : 8
1946 to date: 6
In Australia
1876/77 to 1887/88: 4
1891/92 to 1920/21: 6
1924/25 : 8
1928/29 to 1932/33: 6
1936/37 to 1978/79: 8
1979/80 to date : 6
In South Africa
1891/92 to 1898/99: 5
1902/03 to 1935/36: 6
1938/39 to 1957/58: 8
1961/62 to date : 6
In New Zealand
1929/30 to 1967/68: 6
1968/69 to 1978/79: 8
1979/80 to date : 6
In Pakistan
1954/55 to 1972/73: 6
1974/75 to 1977/78: 8
1978/79 to date : 6
In India, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates (venue, not host) all Test matches were played with 6 ball overs.
2006-11-21 20:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Australia, 8 ball overs were eliminated after the 1978/79 season. It was more of a commercial decision (shorter overs -> more breaks -> more advertisements) which was brought about by the settlement of the dispute between Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket and Australian Cricket Board.
For detailed info see :
Balls per over in Test cricket :
http://acscricket.com/Articles/2/2462.html
Balls per over in first class cricket :
http://acscricket.com/Articles/3/3081.html
2006-11-21 17:38:41 · answer #3 · answered by Peter Cat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Modern day Test cricket (since 1979/80) has been played all over the world with six balls per over
2006-11-21 19:05:22 · answer #4 · answered by Sreejith Kumar P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bowlers that bowled eight balls per over
2016-02-15 04:26:53 · answer #5 · answered by omadath 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-01 23:26:19 · answer #8 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋