IPL 2019: Tom Moody suggests reduction of net run-rate for over-rate offence

The ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been marred by the late finishes almost every day since the league got underway on March 23. The ongoing season is yet to complete two weeks but two captains have already been paid a hefty fine after their teams were found guilty of not completing their overs in the stipulated times.

Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane were slapped with fines of INR 12 lakh after Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals could not complete their 20 overs in time against Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings respectively.

But despite those fines, the other teams have shown little urgency to sort out the matter and consequently, almost all the games have finished late this season. The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) coach Tom Moody has now suggested a method for the IPL governing council in order to bring the matter under control. The former Australia cricketer feels that the current rule in which the IPL only slaps a monetary fine is not proving effective.

Moody said that the IPL should follow Caribbean Premier League’s (CPL) method to get rid of the slow over-rate problem. In 2018, CPL brought a change to their playing conditions, penalising over-rate offences by reducing 0.05 points if a bowling team falls short of the stipulated time to complete their innings by one over. For every subsequent over the team falls short of finishing, they are docked 0.10 points from their net run-rate.

“Simple solution, forget monetary fines, deduct from teams net run rate. Works in the @CPL, players quickly recognise the value of NRR when it comes to qualifying for playoffs!,” Moody tweeted in response to a complaint from the former England captain Michael Vaughan that IPL games were taking too long to finish.

Simple solution, forget monetary fines, deduct from teams net run rate. Works in the @CPL, players quickly recognise the value of NRR when it comes to qualifying for playoffs!

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) April 3, 2019

Stephen Fleming’s views

Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming has also admitted that the problem is there and urged for collective effort to get rid of it.

“It’s too slow,” Fleming said in the post-match press conference after the game against MI on Wednesday. “I think it’s got to be a collective shift from everybody – players as well as on-field monitoring. I think there’s a little bit of broadcasting (issue) as well, there are times when you’re waiting to come back. So collectively, the whole thing could be sped up.

The former New Zealand skipper also said that the umpires should take control to ensure games finish quicker. “Well, how do you do that? You manage a little bit more strictly on the field and also ask captains and bowlers to be a little bit surer of their plans. I think we are reaching up close to four hours, defeating the purpose of the short game,” he added.

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