2007-01-28 01:37:35 · 7 answers · asked by ashima 1 in Sports ➔ Cricket
Floored by your question. Logically there must be some number where one has to stop. Previously, in Australia, bowlers used to send down 8 balls in an over. might be the fast bowlers felt fatigued and the number of balls were reduced to 6. Still not sure.
2007-01-28 18:57:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
total of 50 overs mean 300 balls so to round off the bowling limit it must hav bin 6 balls an over
2007-01-30 04:58:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the days when cricket was invented, 12 was a more common number. That's why 12 has a separate word (dozen) and why clocks have 12 numbers on them. It was considered too many to have 12 balls in an over, so they halved it to 6.
2007-01-28 13:32:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
1.A good bowler gets to bowl only a maximum of 6 balls on the trot.
this helps the batsmen a lot.
2.A bowler will get smacked only 6 balls consecutively rather being getting smacked continously.
3.It also breaks the monotony.
2007-01-28 11:18:42 · answer #4 · answered by srikanth s 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was 8 ball over before but to make it more simple they make it 6 as six maximum runns of a ball so 6 maximum deliveries of an over
2007-01-28 12:22:04 · answer #5 · answered by DEBLOKE 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WHY ARE THERE 11 PLAYERS IN A TEAM?
2007-01-30 00:21:45 · answer #6 · answered by RAMAN IOBIAN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause it's "over" too soon
2007-02-01 09:36:03 · answer #7 · answered by ocumancer™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋