Shaun Murphy has called for three snooker rule changes and launches rant about 'ridiculous' issue

Snooker star Shaun Murphy is not one to keep his thoughts to himself, and he has given a fair chunk of advice to the WST during this campaign.

The Magician, now under the tutelage of Peter Ebdon, has been playing some stellar snooker of late and won his second Masters title at Alexandra Palace two months ago. Yet, while on the baize his game is thriving, away from it Murphy has had his say on a few changes he'd like to see made to the game.

Murphy, 42, also reeled off a rant about the time taken by players for toilet breaks last month, but that was just the tip of the iceberg for the star. We take a look at all of the rules the Magician wants to see introduced, including a shot clock, an alteration to the miss rule and an improvement to the cue ball.

In December last year, Murphy was in the commentary box for Northern Irishman Mark Allen's UK Championship semi-final against Barry Hawkins and became rather unimpressed with the amount of time taken by The Pistol between shots, calling out the 39-year-old

The pair went backwards and forwards on social media after the match, with Allen writing on X: "He's [Murphy] absolutely entitled to his opinion on things but perhaps best to leave personal feelings out of the commentary box in future. All because I called out some of his recent BS."

Murphy responded on his The onefourseven podcast while reiterating his demand that a shot clock be introduced: "I was disappointed to see his comments following the game. It seems as if, judging by Mark's social media output, he has taken my comments about his game very personally. They certainly weren't meant personally.

"I'm employed by the BBC to call the game as I see it, and that's what I did. I'd bring in a shot clock." Murphy then