The Cricket Thread

[werty]

Trying to compare players not walking (which has been accepted practice for years by all teams) to claiming wickets when a batsman is obviously not trying to gain an advantage is pretty funny. You might think the spirit of the game matters but most people do

It definitely wasn't accepted at the time and he deservedly got loads of stick for it. Him doing all this whinging since he came out makes it extra hilarious.

 

[dirtyh]

regardless of the result(s) now, will always be remembered as the cheating ashes. hope england give them absolute shit every single ball from now until the end of the series. this is going to run for years.

win at all costs. mankad next. trevor chappell lives!

 

[Trix]

At least England keeping the Aussies honest this morning

Yeah, that's not even a thing anymore.

Aussies been playing win at all costs cricket for a while now.

 

[$hoguN]

It definitely wasn't accepted at the time and he deservedly got loads of stick for it. Him doing all this whinging since he came out makes it extra hilarious.

Loads of Aussie batsman don’t walk. In fact it’s pretty much all of them other than Gilchrist

 

[Thenewcat]

It definitely wasn't accepted at the time and he deservedly got loads of stick for it. Him doing all this whinging since he came out makes it extra hilarious.

Not walking is decades old what the hell are you talking about. Does the fact that Gilchrist is famous for walking tell you anything?

 

[0-Tibsy-0]

Pundits not quite understanding why the act attracted ire. No one disputes it was a legal dismissal.

 

[Timbo Tottenham]

Morgan and Co missing the point massively.

 

[midoshairband]

silly of us to expect a nation and cricket organisation who actively welcomed cheats back into a team just because they're good, to uphold any sort of spirit of cricket.

 

[werty]

Not walking is decades old what the hell are you talking about.

Find the clip and listen to the commentators, particularly Bumble. The majority, from memory, thought he what he done was wrong and he should have walked.

 

[Timbo Tottenham]

Can’t wait for a Broad interview no matter the result…

 

[werty]

Loads of Aussie batsman don’t walk. In fact it’s pretty much all of them other than Gilchrist

Does that make it right?

If the shoe was on the other foot England would have done the same.

 

[aussiespursguy]

Your own commentators saying Bairstow was ignorant.
And you have a go at me!
Lol.

 

[funkycoldmedina]

Find the clip and listen to the commentators, particularly Bumble. The majority, from memory, thought he what he done was wrong and he should have walked.

Maybe you need to watch the clip and actually watch what happened. Nicked off to keeper, didn't walk, that happens all the time. What happened after that he had no clue about. Keeper parried it,1st slip caught it

 

[funkycoldmedina]

Your own commentators saying Bairstow was ignorant.
And you have a go at me!
Lol.

Mankading ok then? Or is that not good? Just need to check with the Aussies first what's ok and what's not

 

[Timbo Tottenham]

Your own commentators saying Bairstow was ignorant.
And you have a go at me!
Lol.

Refer to what I said earlier. It’s similar to Mankad although Bairstow wasn’t even trying to gain an advantage. Nor was he off balance trying to charge down the wicket as per the NZ example. Have a word in his ear and warn him, then do it if he carries on.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

England can’t really do it in the Test matches as batsmen tend to stay in their crease but in the T20 and One Day games the batsman not on strike tends to stand outside of his crease in which case if England also want to lower the tone they should look to knock the bails off every time the bowler is mid run up.

 

[Cel]

Your own commentators saying Bairstow was ignorant.
And you have a go at me!
Lol.

England commentators are usually against England tbf. National sport is complaining

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

Your own commentators saying Bairstow was ignorant.
And you have a go at me!
Lol.

You’re missing the point entirely or you’re doing it intentionally because it’s likely won you this game. If the shoe was on the other foot you’d be furious. I don’t remember England attempting any kind of underhand tactics when we had Australia within two wickets of victory?

 

[$hoguN]

Your own commentators saying Bairstow was ignorant.
And you have a go at me!
Lol.

Ignorant because he thought your team would actually play to the spirit of the game

 

[Joe Bjorn Hotspur]

With the Bairstow dismissal, the Aussies caught onto Bairstow walking out of his crease continuously beforehand and then Carey went for it.

I totally get the arguments, that it’s not in the spirit of the game and this is very similar to the mankad debate which crops up every now and again. In fact Starc vs SA in Aus earlier this year could’ve but didn’t when Theunis de Bruyn (at the non strikers end) walked out of the crease early before Starc released the ball.

Great debate as for me there’s the spirit of the game with the laws of the game (when the umpire calls over / batsman walking out of his crease).

Being totally impartial as I’m Irish and very interesting as that’s what makes cricket unique.