Replace the toss with a bid?

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Replace The Toss with The Bid
This proposal is currently being studied by The Cricket Committee of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The two captains bid in runs for the right to elect to bat or field first. The team with the higher bid wins the right to elect.

The runs bid are awarded to the opposing side as Bid-Byes.

Bids should be for a minimum of Zero.

Should both captains bid the same number of runs then there will be a coin toss as currently but with the winner forfeiting the runs bid.

Example

Method 1 – closed bids

In a sealed envelope, the captain of Team A Bids 30 runs.

In a sealed envelope, the captain of Team B Bids 10 runs.

The captain of Team A has the right to elect to bat or field.

30 runs are awarded to Team B as bid byes.

If the sealed bids are tied then the coin is tossed. But the winner has the right to elect and the loser receives bid bye runs of the amount of the tied bids.

Method 2 - open auction

To create more theatre bids could be as in an open auction with the umpire asking for bids in jumps of 5 runs.

“Who bids 5 runs?

The captain of Team A raises his hand first.

Then to the captain of Team B the umpire asks: “Do you bid 10 runs?

If the captain of Team B answers “yes” to the captain of Team A the umpire asks: “Do you bid 15 runs?

And so on until a captain declines to bid more.

The winning captain has the right to elect to bat or field and the losing captain’s team receives bid bye runs of the amount of the bid.

Method 2 - open auction – provides more theatre and tension

A bit early for April Fool jokes isn't it?

Stupid.

I like it.

It does take out luck, but the toss isn't that big a factor anyways (IMO). And it'd be complicating things which shouldn't be.

This bit makes me laugh..........

To create more theatre bids could be as in an open auction with the umpire asking for bids in jumps of 5 runs.

You know the noise auctioneers make during bidding.........would the umpire do the same?

Games where the toss matters a lot (ie a dustbowl or greentop) the bids will be higher and games where it doesn't matter either way the bids will be low. I like the idea, but don't think in reality it'll work.

No Dem, they will employ specialist auctioneers to do that bit during the toss.

Billy Bowden may insist on doing it though.

Perhaps both captains should just both jerk off onto a coin, first to shoot his wad gets 'control'.

They could still call it the coin toss.

Maybe Bowden will jerk them off and see who wins.

You guys!

Even though he's riddled with arthritis...

Dem don't get excited over this

Demelza wrote:You guys!

Like you wouldn't be tuning it to see what Graeme Smith's O-face looks like.

I imagine it looks like a fat man taking a shit.

chris j. wrote:Maybe Bowden will jerk them off and see who wins.

I wonder what orientation the captains will have to have for that to be successful.

doremi wrote:

chris j. wrote:Maybe Bowden will jerk them off and see who wins.

I wonder what orientation the captains will have to have for that to be successful.

They'd have to be facing South.

Dello wrote:

Demelza wrote:You guys!

Like you wouldn't be tuning it to see what Graeme Smith's O-face looks like.

I imagine it looks like a fat man taking a shit.

I never said I wouldn't........

Oh dear....Graeme Smith.........shudder!

It's probably something that the ICL are taking seriously

I've thought for a while that it might be fair to allow the loser of the toss the opportunity of changing their twelfth man AFTER the toss is decided, to counter the advantage of the toss.