**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[Jayzamann]

Seriously though, every now and again is accidental, but doing it three or four times in your opening spell, having a batsman complain about it. That's dead ball territory.

The thing here is that it was also a wicket taking ball. Therein lies the controversy.

ed: I'd probably be spitting chips if this was called against an Australian bowler.

 

[Spark]

tough **** bro. just stop knocking into the stumps.

Completely irrelevant.

 

[Jono]

So did Nasser just shut all you people down by reading the rules, or is the fact the umpire didn't call it earlier still an issue?

Didn't see the previous balls. Ultimately the umpire can decide if the batsmen was distracted and its their discretion.

Controversial call either way.

 

[Spark]

So did Nasser just shut all you people down by reading the rules, or is the fact the umpire didn't call it earlier still an issue?

Didn't see the previous balls. Ultimately the umpire can decide if the batsmen was distracted and its their discretion.

Controversial call either way.

That's my issue.

 

[Prince EWS]

So did Nasser just shut all you people down by reading the rules

I posted the rules a good three minutes at least before he read them out, ****.

 

[Isura]

Then he should do it every time. Inconsistent application of laws is the worst kind of umpiring.

Its not so cut and dry. This is similar to running on the pitch. Fine to give a warning first imo.

 

[Viscount Tom]

You'd get some funny moments and a dash of weird with Dickie.

 

[Spikey]

is it legal to bash right through the stumps at the non strikers end during the delivery stride? You know, just for variation.

10/10

 

[Jacknife]

It's funny because Finn had a habit of falling over before this thing he does.

 

[uvelocity]

Then he should do it every time. Inconsistent application of laws is the worst kind of umpiring.

it happens sometimes. when it's rare its just something that happens, oh well (and hurts your knuckles too unless you're huckleberry) doing it constantly is too much. I was about to post it was annoying

 

[Thriel]

From Cricinfo: Spike says: "I believe the umpire had spoken to him about this during the other two instances, and the umpire had already made up his mind that the next time this happens it would be a dead ball."

So what is the problem then ?

 

[Spark]

Its not so cut and dry. This is similar to running on the pitch. Fine to give a warning first imo.

When you run on the pitch, the established protocol is to give an official warning. Not just some ad hoc interpretation of a law when you feel like it.

 

[Agent TBY]

Yes he's only done it 300 hundred times before and nothing has been done.

Not a very good argument, honestly.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Its clearly not distracting because they're managing to hit some for four when he hits the stumps.

Bit shocking umpiring tbh.

 

[Spikey]

maybe it was distracting the ump.

 

[Spark]

Not a very good argument, honestly.

No, it goes to the heart of the issue - consistency.

 

[Jayzamann]

To be honest, this happened a few times to me when playing and it wasn't distracting in the slightest. I have a feeling for most umpires they don't consider knocking over the stumps at the nonstrikers to be a distraction either.

But when a batsman says to an ump that it is distracting...

 

[Prince EWS]

I honestly just think it's overly harsh to deem that "distracting" unless he's doing it on purpose. I'd be saying the same thing even if he didn't take a wicket with it. That's not what their law is there for; it's an outrageous call IMO.

 

[Spark]

To be honest, this happened a few times to me when playing and it wasn't distracting in the slightest. I have a feeling for most umpires they don't consider knocking over the stumps at the nonstrikers to be a distraction either.

But when a batsman says to an ump that it is distracting...

Never heard a word about it during the fifty times it happened during the Aus ODI series either, and one would've thought the bats would've had every reason to complain...

EDIT: In fact I'm pretty sure he took a wicket off one, and the batsman just walked straight off.

 

[Jacknife]

Not a very good argument, honestly.

Lack of consistency.