Marylebone Cricket Club chief executive Derek Brewer has claimed that there are no plans to change the law regarding the bowling of short balls following the death of Phil Hughes.
The 25-year-old Australia batsman passed away at the end of November after getting struck in the neck by a bouncer bowled by Sean Abbott during a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney.
After the tragedy was deemed a 'freak accident', cricket's law makers have no intentions as yet to make any changes to the rules.
"As far as the laws are concerned, it's law 42 which is the law which covers intimidatory bowling - there are no plans, certainly at the MCC, to amend that," Brewer told the BBC's Test Match Special.
"I think the view that we hold is held widely within the organisation and it's that there is quite significant opportunity for the umpires it intervene should the need arise, and plenty of empowerment for them. So in that respect it's certainly our view at the moment is that's not something we're going to amend."
Hughes was laid to rest in his hometown of Macksville last Wednesday.
Danielle Joynson
