Lawson expresses dismay at bowlers' lot in IPL

Former Australia fast bowler Geoff Lawson today expressed anguish at the hapless lot of the bowlers in T20 cricket around the world, especially in the Indian Premier League, and said it was imperative to get them back into the game to render it more balanced.

"Bowlers have been excluded from the game, it's ridiculous. It's not a contest any more. That's why IPL has gone for a six. We need to get the bowlers back in the game. We need to have a contest," said Lawson here after delivering the '2nd Rajsingh Dungarpur Spirit of Cricket' lecture at the Cricket Club of India.

Explaining further the 60-year-old former national coach of Pakistan said, "The new bats are this big (indicating with hand) on the edges. We need to make the wide zones wider."
"In Big bash the bowlers have a bit more chance because of bouncier wickets and bigger boundaries. (But) It's (T20) not cricket, it's just batting."
"He's very shy naive sort, a nice guy. He wants just to play cricket and does not like the media. This guy Steve is taking his medicine."