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Originally Posted by chiliD
And, I'm still against the Designated Hitter, too. Just call me a baseball purist.
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The idea of having a "substitute player" was tried out in One-Day International cricket in the series between England, Australia and Bangladesh in England this year. It didn't seem to be much of a success, especially if you made your substitute in the 1st innings rather than the 2nd.
The Aust Cricket Board were quite excited about it, so it might be tried in this summer's Aus, Eng & New Zealand series.
Thankfully it isn't in Test cricket - yet. That, along with "Twenty20" would be too much.