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**Official** New Zealand in England
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Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
If you really believe that, I wonder why you watch the game TBH.
Point is the laws and the spirit should be intertwined. But occasionally there's a loophole.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Well that isn't legal.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
For the game. Spirit has nothing to do with it. There is a saying in US sports, which is only partially tongue in cheek: 'If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.' And this is not even cheating - England did what was completely within their rights to win the game. Good for them. If cricket does not want this to happen, why not make it illegal to appeal for run outs in a collision? If and until that happens, England did nothing wrong.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Doubt it, no different to Napier.
Either way, Mills on strike for the final over, 2 to tie, 3 to win.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
You can't prove it, and people can get pretty good at making it look accidental...
chalky
International Debutant
Yeah completely agree - come on Mills whack another boundry.
Interesting fact if I remember correctly Shaun Pollock did something similer to KP during the 20/20 world cup & that was given out.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Cricket isn't a US sport.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Haha, a bit extreme. I'm not against the premise of "the spirit of cricket" but it's not the reason I watch it.
Neil Pickup
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Would break the tension, tbh.Wright to bowl six underarm deliveries to Mills now.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
There's a difference between taking advantage of the rules and deliberately breaking them though.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Unfortunately not. We'd get rid of a lot of BS if it were.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
If you can get away with it.......
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Fantastic - another thing for the Kiwis to whinge about for the next twenty years.
Bit of an average thing to appeal for, but hindsight is an exact science. I would've appealed.
Bit of an average thing to appeal for, but hindsight is an exact science. I would've appealed.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
No, but if you don't believe in it I never see the point watching the game. Fairness is everything IMO.
