Re: Bowl Out - Cricket's penalty shoot-out
The essential difference between the soccer and cricket shoot/bowl-outs is that - in Soccer, the player taking the shot has to get past the opponent's goal-keeper who is of his equal stature. That means that if Oliver Kahn is the Goal-keeper, the shooter better be of a high standard.
But in Cricket bowl-outs (the kind we witnessed today), it is just between the bowler and the "unprotected" stumps. Therefore Faisal (who apparently hits the stumps 5 out of 6 times) is as likely to hit the stumps as somebody like Wasim Akram. This, of course, is not fair.
i think this is the best way, would you like a batsmen standing there trying to fend the ball away from the stumps during a bowl-out? :D
If the shooter is of a high standard, does that also mean he is great player? No. He might not be the calibre of zidane but he still takes the penalty kicks. If Faisal has the same control as wasim does then i would say he is a player of high standard for bowl-outs but doesnt mean he is better than wasim. So i feel the formats are pretty similiar...