Coin Toss A Thing Of The Past? Bat Flip Breaks 141-Year Toss Tradition In Cricket

A 141-year-old tradition in cricket was broken on Wednesday as the Big Bash League T20 got underway in Brisbane.

History was made after the traditional coin-toss was done away with during the Big Bash League (BBL) match between Brisbane Heat and Adelaide Strikers. Instead, a cricket bat was flipped to determine the winner!

It was for the first time in Cricket history that a bat was used to determine who won the toss instead of the traditional coin method. Legendary Australian batsman Matthew Hayden was given the honour of flipping the bat as visiting team captain Colin Ingram made the call. Instead of heads or tails, the question asked of the visiting team captain will be "hills or flats."

Adelaide Strikers’ captain Colin Ingram called ‘roofs’ and won the historic toss.

The reason for this change was to "reflect what BBL is about", as mentioned by Kim McConnie, the head of the league.

"Some people don't like change but I'd also challenge people to say when was the last time anyone watched the coin toss or really focused on it to a great extent?" McConnie was quoted as saying by the Australian Broadcasting Corp.