Big bats banned as MCC changes cricket rulesGETTY IMAGES Chris Gayle's Spartan cricket bat has enormous edges. International cricket has passed new laws that will limit the massive bats currently being used by some of the game's stars. The bat changes are among several law changes issued by the MCC, including Mankad dismissals, penalty runs and send-offs. The bat changes were recommended last July by the MCC's world cricket committee, which includes Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara, Sourav Ganguly and Rod Marsh. The MCC has also announced a change to protect batsmen from 'bouncing bat' run outs.

Source: Stuff March 07, 2017 00:29 UTC