Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who decimated England with five wickets on Monday, has called on cricket's lawmakers to allow two bouncers in one over in one-day internationals.
"I think they should consider allowing two bouncers in one over because of all the restrictions being introduced these days in international cricket," he said after taking five for 54 to set up a Pakistani win in the second one-dayer.
"When you have various restrictions, like now they have fielding restrictions for 20 overs, it is only fair to allow two bouncers. Once one flies away you can't do it again (or) you end up getting a warning," he said.
Bowlers are allowed two bouncers in one over in Test cricket but only one in one-dayers by the International Cricket Council.
Shoaib also had praise for his captain Inzamam-ul-Haq with whom his working relationship remained cold until recently.
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"Every captain learns the ropes with time. I would now rate Inzamam in the top three captains of Pakistan cricket after Imran Khan and Wasim Akram.
"He has helped keep the team together. He is very calm and composed and is good at encouraging the players and getting their best performances out of them. After the first match loss he lifted the team really well," said Shoaib, who also took 17 wickets in the 2-0 Test series win over England.
Pakistan and England are level at 1-1 in the five-match one-day series.
