ICC have introduced so many new rules, from doing away with the batting power-play to bringing in the Pink Ball. However, not every cricket experiment in the past has met with success. There were many disastrous results which still attracts a cricket addict’s mind. So it will be interesting to see how these new experiments worked, what went wrong. Here is a list of nine experimental fails in cricket history we have picked
Super Sub
The concept of Super Substitute/Tactical Substitute was first introduced back in 2005, where each team could include one substitute player who had to be named before the toss and could be brought at any stage of the match. Super Sub is a completely different idea from a 12th man. The substitute can bowl, bat, field and can even hand out the wicketkeeping job, unlike 12th man. This change was heavily criticized by many captains as the team who wins toss gets the greater advantage. In 2006 after a strong protest by the players this rule was withdrawn by the ICC.