The new season of Big Bash League made a start of a new era in the history of cricket. A 141-year-old tradition of flipping a coin for toss replaced by a bat flip on Wednesday.
Brisbane Heat and Adelaide Strikers were battling in the opening game of the 8th Big Bash League. It was bat flip which stole the show. Australian legend Matthew Hayden became the first individual to flip the bat, which also marked the end of ‘heads or tails’, which will now be replaced by ‘hills or flats’.
Earlier this month it was confirmed that the bat flip replaces the coin toss will and speaking about the change Kim McConnie, the head of the league — “Some people don’t like change but, I’d also challenge people to say when was the last time anyone watched the coin toss or really focused on it to a great extent?”
And this is what we’ll be using for the first-ever ‘bat flip’ #BBL08 pic.twitter.com/y7fyJF5wPw
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 19, 2018
The first bat flip in Big Bash League
.@StrikersBBL win the bat flip and will bowl first #BBL08 pic.twitter.com/9MiFftCtNY
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 19, 2018
Bat Flip – 👍 or 👎?
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— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket) December 19, 2018
The change had caught the eye of cricket fans around the world and are demanding a return of coin toss.
this method won’t work…i mean its very much predictable, most of time Toe will touch the ground due to more wright on that side
and some times bat may touch ground horizontallay
— Saifi (@nomikings) December 19, 2018
This is a joke. May as well be playing backyard cricket at grandma’s on Xmas day. Bat toss to decide who’s batting or bowling….please…..bring back the coin toss flogs.
— Jarryd Graham (@muffa_g) December 19, 2018
I love T20 cricket but not this stupid gimmicky thing.Coin toss in all pro cricket should be sacrosanct
— Daniel Low (@Dmlow1Low) December 19, 2018
— Jay Sacamano (@werd_berd) December 19, 2018
This is a joke. May as well be playing backyard cricket at grandma’s on Xmas day. Bat toss to decide who’s batting or bowling….please…..bring back the coin toss flogs.
— Jarryd Graham (@muffa_g) December 19, 2018
Is coin in banned in Australia??
I mean who switch from car to bullockcart on concrete road.— Umesh Meena (@umeshmeena141) December 20, 2018
This one is bizarre
— Waseem Abbas🦋🌾🌎 (@wnaqviabbas) December 19, 2018
