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***Official*** West Indies in Australia
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luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Frankly, I think the whole idea is getting ridiculous.Blaze said:
It's going to get to the stage that a bowler's going to have to appeal for 'bowled'.
On my viewing sample of two balls Warne's antics were far worse.
Incidentally what is the law that says the bowler has to appeal? Last I checked the laws don't distinguish between bowler, wicketkeeper, or fine leg. If you penalise the bowler for celebrating without appealing then what about wicketkeepers, who do so EVERY time they take a catch?
However i agree that what isn't on, especially noticeable with Lee and Warne, is celebrating (or appealing) and then spending tens of seconds showing clear and open dissent when the decision doesn't go his way.
Incidentally what is the law that says the bowler has to appeal? Last I checked the laws don't distinguish between bowler, wicketkeeper, or fine leg. If you penalise the bowler for celebrating without appealing then what about wicketkeepers, who do so EVERY time they take a catch?
However i agree that what isn't on, especially noticeable with Lee and Warne, is celebrating (or appealing) and then spending tens of seconds showing clear and open dissent when the decision doesn't go his way.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
I believe the rule now is that you are supposed to turn round, make eye-contact with the umpire, appeal, solve the umpire's daughter's quadratic equation homework and finally write a 500 word piece on why you felt that the ball was deserving of a wicket without using the word 'hopscotch'.social said:
It was the final point that snookered Brett on a couple of occasions.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
No, that's for anyone who's out 'MJD'.greg said:
Incidentally, that method of dismissal is to be credited to the bowler in future and will count in his averages, provided he can successfully annex the Sudetenland.
(MJD = 'Michael Jackson Dismissal' - also known as 'Handling the ball').
Other methods of dismissal require different equally diverse and unlikely appeals, some of which include marmalade.
howardj
International Coach
Case closed.andyc said:
That's why I wouldn't be reading too much into anything that happens in this series - especially guys who are piling on the runs. I mean, the first time in a long time that Australia came up against a very good bowling attack - on the Ashes tour - look what happened. By contrast, the Windies' quicks can barely land two balls in the same spot during the one over, let alone exert any sort of sustained pressure.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Dead right. Easy single, but Krusty panicked.Josh said:
As for Cheaty, he played a good knock for the team under the circumstances, especially when he kept running up and down the middle of the pitch. Top bloke.
