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Do it twice and you're out imo. It's the same for bowlers isn't it?
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cnerd123
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The theory behind running on the pitch is that it scuffs up the pitch.
A batsman doing it is basically just making life harder for himself and his teammates, so he isn't given out for doing it, and the bowling side are gifted 5 runs to compensate for having to come out and bat on the wicket that's getting scuffed.
A bowler doing it is basically giving himself an advantage deliberately, and so gets taken off the attack.
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I'm not quite a big fan of how this is handled either tbh; but it's something that is easily controlled and doesn't happen too frequently so I don't see a rule change happening unless some people find a way to abuse it.
honestbharani
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Nah mate... bowlers can scuff up the pitch when they are batting to help themselves. That is pretty much the shittiest you can get to be and that is what Jaddu was doing. He deserves to cop more than just a 5 run penalty and 50% of his match fee.
Manjrekar made a surprisingly good point about how run penalties work so much better than just fines. The moment the 5 run penalty was given out, Jadeja was ensuring he was not running down the pitch even for his first step out of the crease while running. So obviously, he can do it if he wants to, he just chooses to run straight down coz the penalties are lenient till then.
BTW, I think Jadeja was doing it deliberately compared to earlier when Virat ran across the pitch as he had almost run into Rahane while taking the first. The umpires had a word with him and he never repeated it again. That is how it should be done, tbh.
Manjrekar made a surprisingly good point about how run penalties work so much better than just fines. The moment the 5 run penalty was given out, Jadeja was ensuring he was not running down the pitch even for his first step out of the crease while running. So obviously, he can do it if he wants to, he just chooses to run straight down coz the penalties are lenient till then.
BTW, I think Jadeja was doing it deliberately compared to earlier when Virat ran across the pitch as he had almost run into Rahane while taking the first. The umpires had a word with him and he never repeated it again. That is how it should be done, tbh.
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honestbharani
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Bahnz
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Not if they're about to start bowling in 5 minutes it doesn't. To be fair though, Banshee immediately stopped running on the wickets after the umpires signalled the penalty, so it did seem to do its job.
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What if he just continued running on it? Can they actually ban him from bowling. What's stopping Jadeja from continuing to be a dick and copping 5 run penalties but scuffing up the pitch more and more each time?
honestbharani
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The fact that Kohli seemed pissed at the first 5 run penalty itself... Watching the game helps, you know...
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So the only thing stopping Jadeja was his captain looking annoyed at 5 measly runs being deducted?
If they can't ban the player doing it in some way, it leaves it open for abuse. No ones going to do it because it's too ******, but theoretically, one could just keep running down the middle of the pitch until it's a minefield. It's not as though getting 500 instead of 550 is going to hurt the team batting first if the pitch gets stuffed up.
honestbharani
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Yes.. And I agree with you. That is why I said the penalty should be heavier in my earlier post. But in this case though, it helps that Kaptain Kohli seemed to have been annoyed by the penalty and it helped stop the nonsense immediately.
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Has to be a tactical drop to keep Guptill in the team. rahane never drops any.
cnerd123
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They can't do anything else under the laws.
https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-42-fair-and-unfair-play/
This covers the damaging the pitch aspect.
Basically it seems the umpires cant do anything other than levy penalty runs against the side damaging the pitch during the game, but there will be repercussions after the game is done.
I would hope those repercussions are harsh enough to dissuade anyone from doing what you suggested, But yea, not much else the Umpires can do under the laws.
I suspect the situation you describe would fall under the following too:
But that again would only see repercussions happen after the game, not during.
The Hutt Rec
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I've been wanting Guptill to be dropped for a long time, but that wasn't what I had in mind.
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FWIW:
Ravindra Jadeja fined 50% of match fees for running down the danger area of the pitch in Indore | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo
And that's just for incurring the penalty once.
Had he kept doing it, I suspect they'd have suspended him for a period of time.
Ravindra Jadeja fined 50% of match fees for running down the danger area of the pitch in Indore | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo
And that's just for incurring the penalty once.
Had he kept doing it, I suspect they'd have suspended him for a period of time.
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Would you rather talk about Mrs. Burgey instead? You are a ****. So maybe don't call out other ****s? Plenty of **** to throw around.