Two bouncers an over! What a farce; when the Windies were in their pomp, a batsman wouldn't be looking for the bouncer, but the ball that's on a length!

I mean, batsmen have got all the protection that people in the past never had. I've see clips of Sir Viv Richards walking out to face Jeff Thompson who was slinging the ball over 90 mph at his head and all Viv was wearing was a cap! Why have the rules changed?

I'm not saying today's batsmen don't have the same amount of guts as "back in the day," but I do think batsmen are given too much protection from the rulebook. No longer can a bowler pepper a batsman with an over of fiery chin-music, a batsman can now even predict what's coming.

I mean if a bowler bowls two bouncers in the first two balls of an over, the batsman knows that the next four balls are going to be pitched up because the bowler will get an official warning if he strays short!

I can understand that, when a batsman's chest guard was made of paper and face guard consisted of however much suncream he was wearing that day, restricting the number of bouncers would have been a health and safety precaution.

Now, that's not the case. Come on, ICC, break Brett Lee's shackles so he can break some ribs!

(No offence, Daniel Flynn, hope the teeth thingy only happens once...)

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