ECB to stick with 'wickets' for dismissals during 'The Hundred'

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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had earlier decided to replace the terminology ‘wickets’ with ‘outs’ for the tournament The Hundred. 

But now according to the London Evening Standard, the term ‘wickets’ will remain as is for the tournament. The decision has been taken to maintain the consistency with the other shorter and long format of the game. 

The ECB had proposed to tweak some terminologies like ‘batters’ replacing ‘batsmen’ for the tournament. But they received some criticism from the fans who slammed the ‘Americanised’ words. 

The board also received some criticism from the former players like Michael Vaughan, Brad Hogg. 

The former England captain had said that he does like the changes in cricket but calling ‘outs’ for wickets looks more gimmicky.

‘I like change in cricket but saying ‘outs’ instead of wickets makes The Hundred look even more gimmicky than it already is. I can understand batsmen changing to batters in this era but I don’t really get wickets to outs. That just looks like change for change’s sake. My only worry is, what next? Will cow corner be banned so as not to upset vegans?’ Vaughan had said earlier. 

Former Australia spinner Hogg suggested that calling ‘wickets’ as ‘outs’ is a “little more too much”.

‘The Hundred changing ‘wickets’ to ‘outs’ for dismissals is a little too much. Cricket is not baseball. It’s enough the changes in formats to tamper with the terminology!’, Hogg had tweeted.

The ECB has collaborated with Jax Jones to produce a song called ‘Feels’ for the tournament. 



 

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