Australia batsman Steve Smith stated that bowlers should be allowed to bowl only one or two bouncers after which the ball should be declared as wide or the bowler should be warned. He also said that authorities should address pacers continuously bowling bouncers to a leg-side field, as it restricts a batter's ability to hit the ball "anywhere in front of the wicket".

"I think there could be some slight rule changes in terms of balls going down the leg side when you set that field. "You really can't hit the ball anywhere in front of the wicket really, and I feel like it is almost like when a (left-arm) spinner comes over the wicket and they get the warning down the leg side and then they start getting 'wided'," Smith was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald.