The problem with cricket today is it is too batting friendly, it's discouraging For fast bowling to become a norm again. Haven't you noticed that not a single fast bowler exists who can consistently bowl at 150 kph? There used to be plenty in previous years but teams have focused on line and length and accuracy over speed due to batting advantages
They need to regulate the bat sizes back to what they were in the 90s
They need to reallow proper bouncers
They need to use one ball per innings to allow reverse swing
They need to get rid of some power plays
It needs to go back to being a battle between bat and ball instead of 2 batting sides battling each other
They have already regulated bat sizes and it's made no difference because how big the edges are makes no difference. Its only something that idiot commentators talk about all the time because they are idiots.
Albert Trott hit a six over the top of the Lords Pavilion with a bat that was the thickness of a toothpick, was pressed to within an inch of its life and had probably been soaked in a vat of Linseed oil for an entire week.
Nobody else has done it in 120 years despite all the massive bats that make everything go for six.
People are hitting lots of sixes now because they practice range hitting and they actually try and hit sixes nowadays.
The boundaries should go back where possible depending on the ground but bat sizes is tilting at windmills.
As for the pace of bowlers, there's never been more than two or three properly rapid bowlers around at one time. Shoaib, Lee and then add Shane Bond to that list if you want. Sami was quick as hell too but was a bit rubbish. That was probably unique in the history of cricket as a time with more than a couple of 95mph international bowlers around at the same time.
Then we had Shaun Tait for a couple of years, Mitch Johnson for a while, Fidel Edwards was pretty rapid too but we've never seen anything like that before or since so it's not logical to expect that to be the norm or the current state to be am aberration.
Jofra Archer might ramp it up when England bowl, you might be satisfied if you want to see some decent pace.
I think I agree about the two new balls thing but the 1992 World Cup had a new ball at each end and with the amount that balls get hit into the stands nowadays they will get scuffed up pretty quickly anyway.
Basically what I am saying it you need to relax and just appreciate how lovely Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes are.
