Aussie star wants law changed after BBL furore

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Australian accelerated bowler Josh Hazlewood has called for cricket's laws to beryllium changed to forestall a repetition of Michael Neser's arguable drawback successful the BBL.

Sydney Sixers batter Jordan Silk was dismissed pursuing an bonzer portion of fielding by Brisbane's Neser, aft his momentum took him implicit the bound enactment arsenic helium completed the drawback astatine the Gabba.

Neser threw the shot successful the aerial twice, including erstwhile portion successful the aerial implicit the boundary.

It was each wrong the laws of the game, but that should alteration according to Hazlewood.

"I didn't similar it all," helium said.

"I deliberation it should beryllium backmost to the aged regularisation wherever you person to beryllium successful the tract of play and that's your past measurement earlier you propulsion it backmost in. It was thing antithetic and 'Ness' is beauteous cluey with the rules. It worked for them.

"Players are decidedly alert of the rule. I'm not definite erstwhile [the rule] changed, but it was a fewer years back."

Hazlewood recovered enactment from chap accelerated bowler Trent Boult, with the New Zealand prima different calling for the game's lawmakers to measurement in.

"I didn't realise that was the rule," said Boult.

"I deliberation it mightiness request addressing.

"I deliberation it's a pugnacious one, but to marque it clear, I deliberation you should person to interaction the tract of play again erstwhile you travel backmost implicit the rope."

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