The cricket substitutes quiz: Which commentator came to field as substitute in an India-New Zealand Chinnaswamy Test?

For a long time, the Laws of Cricket allowed substitute fielders, but only for outfielders. It was not until 2017 that they changed the Laws to allow a substitute to keep wicket. However, barring some tournament-specific Playing Conditions, the substitute still cannot bat or bowl if a cricketer of the playing XI is ruled out of the game.

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This has led to lopsided contest. Norm O’Neill went down with a stomach pain just after the start of the 1964/65 Bombay Test match and could not take any part in the game. Since Australia batted first, O’Neill never took field, effectively reducing the Test to a ten versus eleven contest.

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Of late, the lawmakers have been flexible, allowing concussion (and Covid-19) substitutes. Here, the replacement cricketers can even bat or bowl, unlike the conventional substitutes. In the 2000s, the ICC had also introduced (and discarded) the ODI Supersub, an idea that was subsequently repackaged as the Impact Player by the BCCI. There have also cricketers stepping in to complete unfinished overs – a concept perhaps unique to cricket.

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Cricketing substitutes quiz: Which commentator came to field as substitute in an India-New Zealand Test?

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