Dismissing claims that modern bats are too big and favour batsmen, England cricket team captain Eoin Morgan has claimed that the bat-size debate is ridiculous.
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson suggested this week that lawmakers could look to reduce the depth of bats. His comments came after South Africa's AB de Villiers hit the fastest ODI ton off just 31 balls last month.
Morgan, who believes rule changes in ODIs have boosted scoring, said that the bat-size debate is ridiculous, adding that he hasn't come across a bat yet where he has said that this is ridiculous and should be outlawed, The BBC reported.
The skipper also said that the fact that one could concentrate on the bat size when the rule change has been made so that one bowls with two new balls, adding that the ball is never any older than 25 overs and one has an extra man in the circle.
Richardson had said that modern bats had shifted the balance in favour of batsmen as more poor shots or miss-hits shots were going for six.