Pakistan V England - 4th test match at Oval

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Re: Pakistan V England - 4th test match at Oval

@GoldenAsif

I suppose that is partly to discourage negative bowling i.e. bowling down the leg all the time and stopping batsman from playing a shot. That would not be attractive cricket.

Bowling outside leg to stop scoring woukd be applicable if ball woukd not hit stump. As in ball moving further away or just moving straight past leg stump

But if ball turns or swings onto stumps, that is due to skill of bowler. Bowler is actually attacking the stumps. Hence that logic does not appear to apply.

It was my understanding western batsmen had difficulty against leg spin. Hence the lbw rule for balls pitched outside leg was introduced.