Steve Waugh has backed calls from fellow former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and West Indies great Michael Holding for cricket chiefs to rid Test cricket of the toss. Under Ponting’s proposal, suggested during the recent Ashes series in England, the away side would choose who bats first in order to counteract any advantage the hosts may gain from preparing a pitch that suits them best. Waugh said he was open to the radical idea.
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Thursday, 3 September 2015
Cricket:Steve Waugh backs Ricky Ponting, Michael Holding call to dump toss in Tests
Steve Waugh has backed calls from fellow former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and West Indies great Michael Holding for cricket chiefs to rid Test cricket of the toss. Under Ponting’s proposal, suggested during the recent Ashes series in England, the away side would choose who bats first in order to counteract any advantage the hosts may gain from preparing a pitch that suits them best. Waugh said he was open to the radical idea.
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