Modbury_Hawk_12
Team Captain
- Feb 16, 2014
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- AFL Club
- Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Modbury, Sturt, Mt Buller, GGCC
I totally agree, things like saying not walking is bad is s**t. However, I think it should always be best team wins. If one of the best bats in a side can be dismissed without the bowler exerting any skill is a load of crap.The converse of that is if I play a big drive and accidentally drag my foot out of the crease, should the keeper stump me, or warn me? I wasn't trying to go out of my crease, I wasn't trying to gain an advantage - it just happened. What about the batsman run-out at the bowler's end through a deflection off the bowler - sheer fluke, the bowler wasn't trying to do it, the backer-upper wasn't trying to take a run - should that be out?
I can see your argument and I agree it's an unfortunate thing when a batsman backing up just leans out too far - but that is because we have become accustomed to batsmen 'timing' their backing-up with the bowlers delivery stride. Just wait until he's let the ball go!
It's the fun thing about sport - the rules are purely arbitrary and only meaningful in the context of the game. To argue about 'reasonableness' or 'honourable' rules doesn't really make sense if you apply normal standards to them.
The example you use is completely different, there is no way to discern wether the run out was intentional or not, so you just have to deal with it.
Mankad is there to stop blatant cheating, if you go over by an inch then that's not cheating. Do it after a warning you're either cheating or really stupid and should be out.