***Official*** West Indies tour of Australia, Jan–Feb 2024

[Starfighter]

Gerard Aboud is an actual moron

And completely incompetent

Wonder if he actually knows the fielding side is allowed to appeal any time before the bowler starts their runup for the next ball.

 

[Spark]

Wonder if he actually knows the fielding side is allowed to appeal any time before the bowler starts their runup for the next ball.

There might be one of those private regulations in internationals which clarifies that you can't appeal after the replay has been shown.

 

[Aidan11]

Ok genuine question, does there actually have to be an appeal? Why is the umpire not just watching and making the call?

There has to be an appeal.

 

[TheJediBrah]

And hopefully embarrassed.

Doesn't seem capable of that kind of self awareness just judging by his bombastic posturing immediately after his incompetence was on full display

 

[Starfighter]

Ok genuine question, does there actually have to be an appeal? Why is the umpire not just watching and making the call?

Technically yes, though if it was enforced to the letter most bowleds and many catches wouldn't be given out.

 

[TheJediBrah]

There has to be an appeal.

Can't be right. You're telling me a bloke could be clearly run out and the umpire isn't give it out unless someone appeals?

 

[Spikey]

Hell yes I'm so glad this has happened coz this is a cool debate to have

Yes there needs to be an appeal and yes that's a little nonsensical

 

[TheJediBrah]

In even more bizarre news I've started to actually like Tim David. Hopefully it's short term

 

[TheJediBrah]

Lmao love it

 

[ashley bach]

Another strange incident off the last ball of the game.

 

[Spark]

Can't be right. You're telling me a bloke could be clearly run out and the umpire isn't give it out unless someone appeals?

Not just run outs, all dismissals. Crawley nicked one first day at Edgbaston last year but wasn't given out and rightly so because no one appealed.

 

[Aidan11]

Can't be right. You're telling me a bloke could be clearly run out and the umpire isn't give it out unless someone appeals?

Correct. Those are the laws. Obviously if the batsman decides to walk there doesn't need to be an appeal but otherwise yes the fielders must appeal.

 

[thierry henry]

Surprised there’s so much shitting on the ump/debate for one of the most fundamental rules/concepts in cricket (albeit I wasn’t aware of the point about very belated appeals possibly being legit)

 

[Spark]

Technically yes, though if it was enforced to the letter most bowleds and many catches wouldn't be given out.

I presume a celebration counts as an appeal.

 

[Spikey]

Not surprised to see Haze getting involved in a discussion about not appealing tbh

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not surprised to see Haze getting involved in a discussion about not appealing tbh

Your face is not appealing tbh

 

[ashley bach]

Weird thing was that in cricket terms he was out by a mile.

 

[Starfighter]

There might be one of those private regulations in internationals which clarifies that you can't appeal after the replay has been shown.

There is a condition that says they can't use anything off the field for a formal player requested review, and another one that says they can't ask the umpire to send it upstairs except through a such a review. I suspect these would be pointed to as an arse-cover, but my own pedantic reading would be that neither of them actually apply in this case because it was not a formal player requested review and the issue was whether they appealed, not whether the umpire gave it out or not out.

 

[Aidan11]

It's not as if it was going to affect the result anyway.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Irrelevant anyway because Australian-raised hero Tim David did appeal

Sack the incompent hack (umpire, not David)