Not just concentration, now after India, now the option of replacement will be available on other serious injuries in Australia

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|03-09-2025

Overview:

When the same issue came into the limelight during Anderson-Tendulkar series, Ben Stokes made fun of this thinking and Graeme Smith said that such a test cricket will be ‘weak’. Since 1877, the match has been playing between the team of 11 players in the Test.

Delhi: A sensational report coming from Australia: In this domestic season, after the match starts, the team will come in the team even if there is any major injury to the head, just as the conversion subsidy comes on the head injury in international cricket at this time. At this time, if the player gets out of the match due to a big injury, then the subsidy is available only for fielding.

In this season, they will apply the new condition with this subsidy as an experiment and if all the reports are correct, they will make it permanent. In this summer, the first class is making the first class cricket with the Shefield Shield. If this experiment was successful, then in Test cricket next year, law can be made for such substitutes.

Apart from the head, a lot has been written in the last few months on making conditions to take the subsidy in the team in case of any major injury. That is why it was thought about. India supported it from the beginning and became the first country to implement domestic cricket. Now Australia is implementing it after them, although many old players and those who advocated to play cricket in its fixed tradition have opposed it.

When the same issue came into the limelight during Anderson-Tendulkar series, Ben Stokes made fun of this thinking and Graeme Smith said that such a test cricket will be ‘weak’. Since 1877, the match has been playing between the team of 11 players in the Test and there was no system of subsidy on injury. In 2019, the contingent came to the Substitute, even then it was thought that it was not possible to change an injured player with a fit player.

In June this year, the ICC, from October this year, approved the implementation of bringing a substitute in domestic cricket in a state of injury. Based on this, BCCI first implemented it and now Cricket Australia implemented it. The thing to note in this is that the substitute will come only for external injuries, that is, Rishabh Pant (foot fracture) in Manchester and Chris Woakes (Shoulder Bone) in Manchester came up during India’s recent Test series. This issue took a discussion with these high-profile injuries and the result is being used.

It is very possible that Cricket Australia also cross the scope of external injury and they can exclude every player from the match, such as a muscles or batsman injury to the fast bowler’s side. They are waiting for the green signal from the ICC on this and the indication is that permission will be given but with the condition that the first class cricket status of the match does not affect.

You have found a way to cover the damage caused by a large injury from these experiments, that is, only the team with 11 fit players should play. Stokes feels that teams will find a way to misuse this option and all arrangements will be kept in the place. Ways to avoid this are being considered. For example, one of the thoughts is that the one who is removed from the team due to injury, increase the days of its return. When it is used, there is a debate on this, for example, when the players return to the red ball cricket immediately after the Big Bash League, there will be more chances of injury.