Inspired by this footage:
At what point does etiquette and the "morally right" thing to do change?
In the above video, do you think Cook was taking evasive action? There's doubt he actually made his ground from that footage, but clearly he would have if not avoiding the throw. If you were the fielding captain, would you call him back (would 190* or 0* make a difference to your decision?)
Having captained sides for quite a few years at a (very low) local level, I've encountered a few things like the above where I've done the 'right thing' instinctively. Understandably professional level is a very different entity, but this used to be the gentleman's game.
Some incidents where the "correct" decision wasn't the "right" one.
1. Almost exactly as Cook's, except batsman had clearly made his ground first, and then took evasive action. Team appealed, umpire gave out, I cancelled.
2. Following through after delivery I knocked the non-striker over, who was subsequently run-out by the length of the pitch. In my view he would have made the single had I not run through him, and I was never going to stop the single (hit to midwicket) anyway. I reversed our team's appeal and called him back.
3. Bowler in my side got hit for six, verballed, bowled a bouncer, then another, a third (no-ball), then a head-high full-toss which hit the batsman, followed by more verbal. Umpire gave him a formal warning, but I stepped in, sent him off the field and we played with 10 men. (He never played in one of my teams again after that).
4. "Gooch" style (was it Gooch?) Hit the ball, lodged in pad, he picked it up and threw it to the bowler, who appealed. Umpire asked me if I wanted the appeal to stand and I cancelled it.
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That said I bowled a guy once with a chest-high full-toss which hit the top of the bails - never called that one back.
At what point does etiquette and the "morally right" thing to do change?
In the above video, do you think Cook was taking evasive action? There's doubt he actually made his ground from that footage, but clearly he would have if not avoiding the throw. If you were the fielding captain, would you call him back (would 190* or 0* make a difference to your decision?)
Having captained sides for quite a few years at a (very low) local level, I've encountered a few things like the above where I've done the 'right thing' instinctively. Understandably professional level is a very different entity, but this used to be the gentleman's game.
Some incidents where the "correct" decision wasn't the "right" one.
1. Almost exactly as Cook's, except batsman had clearly made his ground first, and then took evasive action. Team appealed, umpire gave out, I cancelled.
2. Following through after delivery I knocked the non-striker over, who was subsequently run-out by the length of the pitch. In my view he would have made the single had I not run through him, and I was never going to stop the single (hit to midwicket) anyway. I reversed our team's appeal and called him back.
3. Bowler in my side got hit for six, verballed, bowled a bouncer, then another, a third (no-ball), then a head-high full-toss which hit the batsman, followed by more verbal. Umpire gave him a formal warning, but I stepped in, sent him off the field and we played with 10 men. (He never played in one of my teams again after that).
4. "Gooch" style (was it Gooch?) Hit the ball, lodged in pad, he picked it up and threw it to the bowler, who appealed. Umpire asked me if I wanted the appeal to stand and I cancelled it.
...
That said I bowled a guy once with a chest-high full-toss which hit the top of the bails - never called that one back.
