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19 Jan 10 at 10:20
David Hinchliffe
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Do you cheat?
I wrote an article about cheating in cricket and was wondering how much cheating you plan to do in the coming season?
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18 Feb 10 at 14:23
dhruv96
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Our team plans to play as fair and square as possible.
27 Feb 10 at 21:31
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Was a very good article David.
I like the one about walking. I always walk, but if it was a life or death situation, I would proberly stand my ground and leave it for the umpire to decide.
I think ball tampering is a bit too far. Again, it would depend on how desperate the situation was.
03 Jun 10 at 22:29
Steven.Sandford
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In regards to cheating i am blatantly against it. Eg- fielders should know if they caught the ball, and if they arent sure then the batsmen stays. Im not a walker, only because ive copped some absolute shockers and feel its up to the umpires (we pay professional umpires so they can earn their money). I actually was given not out however when i gloved one, and went on to make my only ton about 6 years ago. Ive played against guys who use sunscreen to shine the ball, the oppostion captain actually kept a tube in his pocket would you believe. Didnt matter we ended up flogging them.
22 Dec 10 at 11:49
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Funnily enough, I have absolutely no problem with a batsman not walking after a thin edge. In my opinion the best system is for both sides to leave it up to the umpire to judge what happened and treat the other team's attempts at mild subterfuge with good humour. Over the course of a season, the rubs of the green will even themselves out.
Hypocrisy and unnecessary aggression annoys me far more than cheating. We played a team last season where one of their players slivered a ball through to the keeper and didn't walk, the umpire claimed he didn't hear anything, and we took it in good grace. But then when the exact same thing happened in our innings, they subjected both the batsman and the umpire to such a torrent of unpleasant verbal abuse that the umpire walked off the pitch and retired from all forms of cricket with immediate effect.
Everyone understands that in the situation where the batting team is providing the umpires, then its going to have to be absolutely plumb for it to be given out, but I think its paramount that umpires are fair and consistent and maintain at least a reasonable degree of impartiality. Once the umpires start cheating then the game quickly descends to farce.
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Our team plans to play as fair and square as possible.
Was a very good article David.
I like the one about walking. I always walk, but if it was a life or death situation, I would proberly stand my ground and leave it for the umpire to decide.
I think ball tampering is a bit too far. Again, it would depend on how desperate the situation was.
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In regards to cheating i am blatantly against it. Eg- fielders should know if they caught the ball, and if they arent sure then the batsmen stays. Im not a walker, only because ive copped some absolute shockers and feel its up to the umpires (we pay professional umpires so they can earn their money). I actually was given not out however when i gloved one, and went on to make my only ton about 6 years ago. Ive played against guys who use sunscreen to shine the ball, the oppostion captain actually kept a tube in his pocket would you believe. Didnt matter we ended up flogging them.
Funnily enough, I have absolutely no problem with a batsman not walking after a thin edge. In my opinion the best system is for both sides to leave it up to the umpire to judge what happened and treat the other team's attempts at mild subterfuge with good humour. Over the course of a season, the rubs of the green will even themselves out.
Hypocrisy and unnecessary aggression annoys me far more than cheating. We played a team last season where one of their players slivered a ball through to the keeper and didn't walk, the umpire claimed he didn't hear anything, and we took it in good grace. But then when the exact same thing happened in our innings, they subjected both the batsman and the umpire to such a torrent of unpleasant verbal abuse that the umpire walked off the pitch and retired from all forms of cricket with immediate effect.
Everyone understands that in the situation where the batting team is providing the umpires, then its going to have to be absolutely plumb for it to be given out, but I think its paramount that umpires are fair and consistent and maintain at least a reasonable degree of impartiality. Once the umpires start cheating then the game quickly descends to farce.