Power Plays?

Can someone please explain this new power play thing in 50 over cricket.. How does it benefit the team that has a Power Play?

Power Plays?mr messed up

Power Play has been around for quite a while now to make cricket a bit more interesting.

Earlier, Field Restrictions used to be for the first 15 overs. During those 15 overs, only 2 players are allowed to field outside the circle.

But now, this field restriction rule is innovated a bit. Instead of 15 overs, the restriction is for 20 overs. But the interesting part is, it's not the first 20 overs.

Restriction for the first 10 overs is still a MUST. The next 10 can be broken down into 5 each. These 5 overs, with the field restriction, can be bowled anytime during the innings. The bowling Captain has the right to decide when he wants to bowl those pairs of 5 overs.

Most captains use these pair of 5 overs all at once, making it 20 overs in a row for field restriction.

The reason why this Rule was imposed was to make cricket little less boring. Because during mid innings, between 20 to 40 overs, the innings slows down considerably. With this rule, the batsmen can have a chance of attacking if the field restrictions (or POWER PLAY) are imposed during those dead overs.

Regarding the benefit to team: It only benefits the batting team, because they have the chance to score more boundaries. The job of the bowling captain is to use it effectively, and not allow too many runs during those overs. That's one of the reasons why bowling team prefers bowling 20 overs in one go (they don't want to keep those overs till the end with the slog overs when the batsmen go all out for hitting/slogging.). One more reason is, they can take more wickets early on in the innings if the POWER PLAYS are used early (so that the batsmen try to hit and lose their wickets).

The 2 pairs of 5 overs are usually referred as POWER PLAY (power play 1 %26amp; power play 2).

Hope, that makes it clear.

Power Plays?getting late opera theater

XTREME HAS GIVEN THE EXTREME ANSWER.

GIVE HIM TEN POINTS.
previously the bowling team had to bowl the initial 15 overs with maximum 2 men out of the circle

the powerplays state that now for the first 10 overs maximum 2 players can stay outside the circle and then the fielding team's captain can decide when to take the two powerplays of 5 overs each where in again only 2 players can be outside the circle. the benefit is that if there are too0 many runs scored in the first 10 overs the captain can opt for not taking the power play and aftera wicket falls or the run rate in undercontrol then he can take the powerplay but both the powerplay has to be taken with the 50 overs
FIELDING RESTRICTIONS

ONLY 2 PLAYERS SHOULD BE OUT OF INNER CIRCLE.
Extreme seems to have answered the answer fully.
I say get rid of the power plays - just like the super-sub thing!! Waste of time!! Plus it's only to the benefit of the batters - the bowlers get flayed for 5 extra overs compared to the previous way!