*Official* Women's Cricket discussion thread

[social]

You either understand why people think it's unsporting or you don't I guess

Yep

Quite a few male pros have voiced their displeasure in pretty diplomatic terms

Doesn’t make them anti-India which I assume plays some part in the defence where none is really warranted

 

[Nintendo]

Bradman said it's ok so therefore it's ok!

 

[Apex Predator]

Someone should have showed a whole sequence... If the batter was repeatedly trying to gain unfair advantage then this was more than justified & in fact need of the hour.

 

[mr_mister]

Bradman said it's ok so therefore it's ok!

Bradman didn't understand people. He was a batting robot lol. I'm sure he knew every rule inside and out, but half the side couldn't stand him as a bloke

 

[Apex Predator]

Monty is a Thala fan

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1573910732957454336

 

[_00_deathscar]

You can always rely on a controversy to get a thread moving .

Women’s cricket has never been more popular

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Monty is a Thala fan

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1573910732957454336

This should be a penalty 10 runs for the batting side.

 

[Spikey]

Every team has the opportunity to pull this stunt every game- only one team keeps insisting on doing it. It's like, nobody's impressed that it's technically "in the rules"

It will, logically, become much more common with the official attempts by the MCC to legitimatise it.

also "one team" doesn't make any sense here

 

[social]

Monty is a Thala fan

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1573910732957454336

Sucking up won’t get him paid by the IPL

 

[social]

Women’s cricket has never been more popular

Low bar

 

[mr_mister]

It will, logically, become much more common with the official attempts by the MCC to legitimatise it.

also "one team" doesn't make any sense here

Eh, when Ashwin stitched up Butler I remember twitter erupting into two clear sides. Broad and Buttler tweeting on one side, Akash Chopra and Harsha Bhogle on the other, it seemed pretty "us and them" to me

 

[Victor Ian]

If you're not in the crease when the bowler releases the ball it should be called a short run.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Every team has the opportunity to pull this stunt every game- only one team keeps insisting on doing it. It's like, nobody's impressed that it's technically "in the rules"

It will be hilarious to see the outcry when inevitably it happens the other way round in an important match as somebody is going to do it now.

 

[anil1405]

If you're not in the crease when the bowler releases the ball it should be called a short run.

Not a bad idea.

Now that the TV umpires check for no-balls they can do so for the one you've mentioned in the same frame.

 

[SteveNZ]

For the love of god, can we take the grey area and the 'gentleman's game' BS out of this rule and make it black and white, so this rubbish doesn't keep coming up.

 

[Neil Young]

Just ban it. It's such a crud way to take a wicket and only ever creates controversy. Batsman gets one warning from the third umpire when checking for no-balls. Then every time following that warning. the batsman gets called for a run short.

Or something.

 

[Neil Young]

If you're not in the crease when the bowler releases the ball it should be called a short run.

Ok, already said. It's a great idea...

 

[Xix2565]

Every team has the opportunity to pull this stunt every game- only one team keeps insisting on doing it. It's like, nobody's impressed that it's technically "in the rules"

Never knew Maeve Douma was Indian, but you do you and stick to being an idiot.

You either understand why people think it's unsporting or you don't I guess

There's a lot of unsporting behaviour in cricket that isn't regulated all that much, but apparently this got your goat for some reason. Wonder why...

Just ban it. It's such a crud way to take a wicket and only ever creates controversy. Batsman gets one warning from the third umpire when checking for no-balls. Then every time following that warning. the batsman gets called for a run short.

Or something.

I see no real point in coddling lazy situational awareness simply because it rubs people the wrong way when that gets punished. Hilarious that a batter not being able to keep anything behind the line isn't as bad as bowlers overstepping, both are dumb as **** if there's no extenuating circumstances involved.

 

[honestbharani]

I am fine with a short run and other penalties being imposed but the issue here is, as the video I posted clearly shows, the batter here would havve been at least 4 steps down the crease by the time Deepti would have released the ball. But the bowler has to stay behind the line or they have to give a free-hit. I like the free-ball idea Ash came up with. If the non-striker has moved out of the crease before the ball left the bowler's hand, the runs off that ball do not count (but wickets do) and the same repeats the next ball.

Its the only fair way I will be ok with, if we have to remove the run out option here.

 

[honestbharani]

For the love of god, can we take the grey area and the 'gentleman's game' BS out of this rule and make it black and white, so this rubbish doesn't keep coming up.

It is pretty black and white in the current rule.