The Cricket Thread 2013

[paul_e]

Players don't walk any more, I won't fault Broad for not doing it, after all, is it any worse than what starc did yesterday?  Or than Pattinson reviewing his blatent lbw yesterday

[PaulWinch again]

Players don't walk any more, I won't fault Broad for not doing it, after all, is it any worse than what starc did yesterday?  Or than Pattinson reviewing his blatent lbw yesterday

Precisely.

[Flamingo Lane]

Broad knows he hit that and should have walked.

Though you have to admire him just standing his ground as if nothing happened!!

Nothing to admire, it's the cricket equivalent of a Ashley Young swan dive. I don't like it and never will.

I know what you mean - admire was probably the wrong word - try marvel, instead.

[Brend'Watkins]

Players don't walk any more, I won't fault Broad for not doing it, after all, is it any worse than what starc did yesterday?  Or than Pattinson reviewing his blatent lbw yesterday

I know what you're saying and in this day it's the batsman's prerogative to walk or not but in the spirit of the game you should walk, it's cricket.

[PaulWinch again]

As I said, on the replay screen Agar could see he was out and he didn't walk? Trott clearly hit the ball, but the Aussies reviewed. It's the nature of the game.

[PGW]

So was Bairstow wrong to walk?

[Brend'Watkins]

As I said, on the replay screen Agar could see he was out and he didn't walk? Trott clearly hit the ball, but the Aussies reviewed. It's the nature of the game.

Agar is 19 in his first test match.  Broad has been around a while.  Besides, just because one team does one thing doesn't mean we should do the same, we should be bigger than that. 

[Dave Cooper please]

Players don't walk any more, I won't fault Broad for not doing it, after all, is it any worse than what starc did yesterday?  Or than Pattinson reviewing his blatent lbw yesterday

Didn't see the Star one (remind me), but Pattinson can't have absolutely known he was lbw so it was worth a review, that isn't cheating, it's using the technology we now have. Broad must have known he'd hit that and should have walked.

Commentators know talking, about Broad's "courage and audacity" for not walking, bollocks, he has cheated, he knows it and we know it.

[PaulWinch again]

I appreciate it's not ideal, but these things happen. Before the Aussies start going on about spirit of the game, they should look at Mitchell Starc yesterday.

[Dave Cooper please]

As I said, on the replay screen Agar could see he was out and he didn't walk? Trott clearly hit the ball, but the Aussies reviewed. It's the nature of the game.

Trott didn't clearly hit the ball, it was a very thin edge onto his pads and it was a clear lbw if he hadn't hit it. It took several replays in slow motion to see the edge.

[Dave Cooper please]

Can someone remind me of the Mitchell Starc incident please?

[spangley1812]

Players don't walk any more, I won't fault Broad for not doing it, after all, is it any worse than what starc did yesterday?  Or than Pattinson reviewing his blatent lbw yesterday

Didn't see the Star one (remind me), but Pattinson can't have absolutely known he was lbw so it was worth a review, that isn't cheating, it's using the technology we now have. Broad must have known he'd hit that and should have walked.

Commentators know talking, about Broad's "courage and audacity" for not walking, bollocks, he has cheated, he knows it and we know it.

What about when the wicketkeeper/slip fielders appeal when they know the batsmen has not touched it ie they dont hear a sound....that is cheating as well as you are trying to "con" the umpire

[PaulWinch again]

Can someone remind me of the Mitchell Starc incident please?

When Trott was given out, Starc just stood next to him and screamed in his face.

[PaulWinch again]

Last Ashes Clarke middled it off KP and didn't walk, that's the nature of it.

[dubont]

As I said, on the replay screen Agar could see he was out and he didn't walk? Trott clearly hit the ball, but the Aussies reviewed. It's the nature of the game.

Trott didn't clearly hit the ball, it was a very thin edge onto his pads and it was a clear lbw if he hadn't hit it. It took several replays in slow motion to see the edge.

The umpire saw it.