Why it's important that cricket keeps its appeal

Bowlers and wicket keepers enthusiastically appealing for a wicket when they are not entirely sure, has been an accepted part of  cricket for years.

But in more recent times the appeals have become more and more prominent in the game, forcing umpires so speak against it and even sanction those guilty of ‘excessive appealng’. But should the rules be changed in line with the modern game?

The issue of the continual and exuberant appeals of top-class cricketers has been dredged up recently, with the investigations into  players such as Sree Sreesanth, Brett Lee and Virender Sehwag under the ‘excessive appealing’ rule.

The guideline itself is relatively murky, leaving much to the judgement of the umpire. Kumar Sangakkara referred to the difficulty for a wicket-keeper to choose when to appeal when behind the stumps with a notoriously tricky customer at the other end.