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Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

Shady Slim

Shady Slim

International Coach
UmpireWeb: we had a pretty chippy first day of a two dayer on the weekend and one of my guys (former captain of his old team) raised with me that the batting side’s guys in the pavilion were trying to distract him fielding balls which came to him while in front of them on the rope. based on my reading of the laws, obstruction of the field by distraction only applies to the batsman, and not to members of the batting team in the pavilion imho, which means any grievance he has can only arguably really manifest in nebulous spirit of cricket stuff.

what do you think @Line and Length @cnerd123 @Howe_zat and any others who have Takes?™️
 
Howe_zat

Howe_zat

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Shady Slim said:
UmpireWeb: we had a pretty chippy first day of a two dayer on the weekend and one of my guys (former captain of his old team) raised with me that the batting side’s guys in the pavilion were trying to distract him fielding balls which came to him while in front of them on the rope. based on my reading of the laws, obstruction of the field by distraction only applies to the batsman, and not to members of the batting team in the pavilion imho, which means any grievance he has can only arguably really manifest in nebulous spirit of cricket stuff.

what do you think @Line and Length @cnerd123 @Howe_zat and any others who have Takes?™️
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The only penalty possible for 'obstructing the field' (law 37.1) is giving the batsman out. So the law can't apply to anyone who can't be given out because they're not currently batting, which is why you never see drunk crowd members or passing seagulls given out for obstructing the field.

It is something you could complain about off the field, and at a high enough level you could get a match referee to fine some players their match fee or something, but it's not got anything in the laws about it as far as I see.
 
Howe_zat

Howe_zat

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Howe_zat said:
The only penalty possible for 'obstructing the field' (law 37.1) is giving the batsman out. So the law can't apply to anyone who can't be given out because they're not currently batting, which is why you never see drunk crowd members or passing seagulls given out for obstructing the field.

It is something you could complain about off the field, and at a high enough level you could get a match referee to fine some players their match fee or something, but it's not got anything in the laws about it as far as I see.
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That said, law 42 gives the umpires pretty wide discretion to award penalty runs for general bad behaviour, though IMO you would struggle to argue it's applicable here, unless they were explicitly told to stop it by the umpires previously and carried on.
 
Adorable Asshole

Adorable Asshole

International Regular
This is actually a great shot.

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GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Just pre ordered that book. Should be waiting for me at home when I return on Sunday along with Pat Nevin’s second and the new LPs from the Stones, Duff and ‘68. Cheers for the reminder
 
Line and Length

Line and Length

Cricketer Of The Year
Shady Slim said:
UmpireWeb: we had a pretty chippy first day of a two dayer on the weekend and one of my guys (former captain of his old team) raised with me that the batting side’s guys in the pavilion were trying to distract him fielding balls which came to him while in front of them on the rope. based on my reading of the laws, obstruction of the field by distraction only applies to the batsman, and not to members of the batting team in the pavilion imho, which means any grievance he has can only arguably really manifest in nebulous spirit of cricket stuff.

what do you think @Line and Length @cnerd123 @Howe_zat and any others who have Takes?™️
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If that situation had occurred when I was umpiring I would have approached the non-batting players and informed them, and their captain in particular, that their behaviour was contrary to the spirit of the game and that if further examples occurred I would have included details in my match report. The association's administrative body at the time often took action against clubs that 'brought the game into disrepute' and the result would have been a hefty fine and possible suspension for the captain for failing to keep his team 'in line'.
 
quincywagstaff

quincywagstaff

International Debutant
Quite surprised to read today that Greg Chappell has fallen on hard financial times, with a GoFundMe page created for him and friends chipping him to assist in his retirement.

I always got the impression he was one of the more business astute Oz cricketers (wasn't one of the reasons he missed overseas tours in the early 80s for business reasons?) and has been heavily involved in many cricketing roles since retirement, coach of multiple sides, national selector on multiple occasions, commentator for an extended period.

He's even authored two books within the past 15 years. So quite unfortunate and startling news to read of one of Oz's greatest batsman in retirement.
 
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karan_fromthestands

karan_fromthestands

State Captain
Was just looking at Shoaib Akhtar's bowling videos. I'd imagine that if his off-field antics were a bit under control, people would've focussed more on some of his legendary spells. This epic performance on a dead pitch is barely talked about:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...-vs-new-zealand-1st-test-63989/full-scorecard

He was such an exciting bowler to watch, how lucky are people who witnessed him bowl at The Gabba(I hope one of you was there and can elaborate on that).
 
Daemon

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karan_fromthestands said:
Was just looking at Shoaib Akhtar's bowling videos. I'd imagine that if his off-field antics were a bit under control, people would've focussed more on some of his legendary spells. This epic performance on a dead pitch is barely talked about:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...-vs-new-zealand-1st-test-63989/full-scorecard

He was such an exciting bowler to watch, how lucky are people who witnessed him bowl at The Gabba(I hope one of you was there and can elaborate on that).
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why didn’t he bowl at all in the 2nd innings?
 
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