A batter can be out there all day, and then you can sit there and the team declares, and you don't get a chance to bat. So you're in there, you've had the chance to bat, and if you're not a bowler, you are involved in the game, so it sort of keeps your interest. They do bring the rules in, they try to make the rules as simple as possible, so they are easy to understand. You know, if they put too many rules down, it makes it very hard for young people to pick up. Some of the rules I don't agree with, but the head bodies have made those rules, so we've got to abide with them.
Nobody is happy with all the rules.
The rules haven't made much difference to the games, it's how the umpires interpret the rules, which makes it hard because the players seem to get a better feel of the rules than the umpires do. Most of the umpires have never played the sport before, and they get out there and try to umpire a game that they haven't played, as a player I've been playing for 40 odd years. You understand the game and you understand the rules. As far as uniform changes, yes, the uniforms have changed. When I first played State, the Queensland uniform was a white dress, which was starched.