Unfair bowling

[LIONS then DAYLIGHT]

Re: Unfair bowling

Really, to be perfectly frank, the batsmen has no-one to blame but himself for not backing off and forcing the umpire to call dead-ball, which any half decent umpire would have done.

Bowlers try and get one up on batsmen all the time, Jason Gillespie used to run in flapping his arms, Stuart Broad has tried pointing out to gully while in his bowling action, Freddie Flintoff has bowled without raising his front arm, heaps of bowlers alter their actions.

If the batsmen plays at the ball then he has no-one to blame but himself IMO.

 

[LIONS then DAYLIGHT]

Re: Unfair bowling

it is pretty pathetic, they are only kids, and already they have been taught that winning is the only thing that matters, probably by their parents and coaches. One of the main parts of cricket is the spirit of the game. It's even in the preamble of the laws for heavens sakes.

To be fair the batsman could have stepped away, as he is allowed to under the laws, and say that he wasn't ready.

but still, it was a low act

When all else fails, bring out the physio.

Im only having a joke as well.

It is hard to know what happened, there are always two sides to every story, it wouldn't be unheard of for a spinner with a 4 step run up to bowl of two steps.

To know that the bowler was really trying to fox a batsmen by bowling before he wasn't ready is a bit rich.

 

[breeno]

Re: Unfair bowling

Really, to be perfectly frank, the batsmen has no-one to blame but himself for not backing off and forcing the umpire to call dead-ball, which any half decent umpire would have done.

Bowlers try and get one up on batsmen all the time, Jason Gillespie used to run in flapping his arms, Stuart Broad has tried pointing out to gully while in his bowling action, Freddie Flintoff has bowled without raising his front arm, heaps of bowlers alter their actions.

If the batsmen plays at the ball then he has no-one to blame but himself IMO.

What if the ball is in flight and the batsman has no time to back away?

 

[LIONS then DAYLIGHT]

Re: Unfair bowling

It's hard to know without being at the game and seeing the incident in question, however, generally if a batsmen isn't ready or is distracted but still plays a shot then all bets are off with regards to the ball being dead.

 

[Boris]

Re: Unfair bowling

It's hard to know without being at the game and seeing the incident in question, however, generally if a batsmen isn't ready or is distracted but still plays a shot then all bets are off with regards to the ball being dead.

It's one thing to say that, but another to actually do it. Besides club cricket, especially at lower grades, should be aimed towards a social atmosphere. Who cares about the smallest undecipherable laws in cricket? Get out there and have some fun, if it doesn't look fair for both sides then it probably isn't.

The examples you have above with Gillespie, Broad and Flintoff are done while the batsman has faced up and ready to face the ball. This particular example shows the batsman Breeno hasn't even looked up to take guard. Cricket is a turn based game, it's like someone making two moves in chess while the other person isn't looking. The batsman should be faced up and ready for every single ball, and the umpire should only allow play if the batsman is ready, otherwise the play is dead.