Dogtrousers
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Cricket is now officially stupid.
Bring back Chris Tavaré
Bring back Chris Tavaré
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Actually, having spent formative years watching Boycott this seems like a very different game! I never forget the time arriving slightly late at Scarborough and the newspaper hoardings just said ‘he’s out’ everyone new what it meant and the shockwaves reverberated around the town.
Grant Fondo
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The great thing about Boycott was you could watch him at 11am, go for a 50 mile ride and not have to rewind the VHS
Dogtrousers
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More recent than Boycott, I remember being at the Oval and Graham Thorpe was on 48ish. I was busting for a pee but decided to wait for his 50. Eventually I could stand it no longer, went, queued, probably went and queued at the bar too, returned and the score was still the same.
I don't recall if he ever actually made it to 50.
I don't recall if he ever actually made it to 50.
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Last tuesdays run chase reminded me of the India ODI at Lords in 2002 .. when Eng lost after posting 325. I was most excited about seeing Tendulkar bat, but he only faced 19 balls and was gone .... great team batting by India though.
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How bizarre! shot by the batsman on strike hits the batsman's bat at the non strikers end and goes straight to a fielder and the batsman at the non strikers end is out.
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Grant Fondo
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And if it had of glanced off the umpire ... still out? Odd rule that.
T4tomo
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It's the law
After that extraordinary Henry Nicholls dismissal here is what the MMC Laws of Cricket has to say - law 33.2.2.3 to be precise - which states that a catch will be fair if:"A fielder catches the ball after it has touched the wicket, an umpire, another fielder, a runner or the other batter."
There has been at least two instances I can remember, of the ball bouncing up of a close in fielders foot or body and being pouched by a teammate. One was before 3rd umpire reviews and replays and the batsman was aggrieved because he didnt feel the umpire could be sure it hadn't also touched the ground as well as short leg's boot.
it the ball lodged in a fielders clothing or a extravagant beard, it isnt out though.....
matticus
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As I read the BBC page, the batsman on strike was out. Which makes more sense - to me - intuitively, at least!
Never seen that before, but the rules have to allow for this sort of craziness!
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My copy of the daily star this morning got it wrong as well, reporting the batsman on strike was out not the batsman at the non strikers end.
I don't know why the rule works like that but it does, like you I would have thought the batsman on strike was out but its not the way it works.Alex321
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It was the batsman on strike who was out.
Basically, the rules say that if the ball hits another player (of either side) or the umpire and is then caught by a fielder without ever having touched the ground, then the batsman is out caught.
Alex321
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My copy of the daily star this morning got it wrong as well, reporting the batsman on strike was out not the batsman at the non strikers end.
Your copy got it right. It most certainly was the batsman on strike who was out, when I watched it on the TV last night.
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And here is video of it
https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/watch-henry-nicholls-bizarre-dismissal-against-england
https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/watch-henry-nicholls-bizarre-dismissal-against-england
Grant Fondo
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Good knock by Mitchell (again!) ... hope the rain holds off and we get a repeat of Nottingham.
