Certified Legendary Thread 2nd Ashes Test England v Australia June 28-July 2 1930hrs @ Lords

[FredLeDeux]

Here's the thing, though. Scraping your foot on the crease doesn't mean sh!t. Piers' claim that this is a way of denoting the ball is dead or whatever is complete rubbish. What batsmen can do is turn to the keeper with their bat grounded to confirm the ball is dead. Bairstow didn't.

One of the amusing things in this saga has been English players and commentators making up unwritten rules on the fly and then losing it when others refuse to recognise those rules.

Everyone knows that scraping your foot at right-angles to the crease is Yorkshire dialect for "Leave Wicket"

 

[troybe]

Bairstow fuqed up because he didn’t say Wicky

 

[Gough]

Everyone knows that scraping your foot at right-angles to the crease is Yorkshire dialect for "Leave Wicket"

Speaking as someone whose primary schooling took in three states I can confirm regional variations on that rule can be difficult at first.

 

[Sea eagle]

Everyone knows that scraping your foot at right-angles to the crease is Yorkshire dialect for "Leave Wicket"

Most places have the same rule and as soon as the keeper or umpire confirm it you can then leave your crease.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Most places have the same rule and as soon as the keeper or umpire confirm it you can then leave your crease.

But not after Primary School Grade 4.

 

[Purple Suit]

Speaking as someone whose primary schooling took in three states I can confirm regional variations on that rule can be difficult at first.

Yep,
In Perth kids say crease. No one wipes their foot on a mark.

 

[Sea eagle]

But not after Primary School Grade 4.

Correct, after Primary School Grade 4 you know not to leave your crease when the ball is live.

 

[Pistol Night]

Slightly disappointed anyone gave the campaigner the time of day.

It is but at least someone had the balls to interrupt his Pommy circle jerk with all the other English flogs he's had on

 

[Bedi]

Lalor was good on this but just wish he mentioned Bairstow left his crease repeatedly that over

 

[Plugger35]

Yep,
In Perth kids say crease. No one wipes their foot on a mark.

I grew up in Perth and in backyard or driveway cricket you would say "crease" when you made the crease and "crease leave'' when you left it.

There were still a lot of arguments though with kids yelling crease before they made the crease when they were running between wickets.

No DRS available back then to settle the arguments either.

 

[Not Important]

the spirit of the game varies according to whose side you’re playing with it seems. bairstow seems to be adept at ‘using’ rules when it suits. the more you look, the more he does this sort of thing

 

[Not Important]

 

[Purple Suit]

I grew up in Perth and in backyard or driveway cricket you would say "crease" when you made the crease and "crease leave'' when you left it.

There were still a lot of arguments though with kids yelling crease before they made the crease when they were running between wickets.

No DRS available back then to settle the arguments either.

Everything just got shortened to say crease in my household.

Not anymore with the replays too, my kids ask to see the security cameras sometimes to see if it got the run out.

 

[Jimthegreat]

He is getting slaughtered on his twitter....haha.

 

[Jimthegreat]

keep saying Bairstow's laid very low throughout this, ironically perhaps the only one to realise they're better staying quiet rather than look like hypocrites.

reckon there's a fair chance he actually realised not long after he'd had a chance to ponder that he was a goose, even if his coach and team mates don't (publicly) say so

He also has history too. Decided best no to be a hypocrite.

 

[Smoooothy]

Would love nothing more than to see him in front of Brett Lee again one day...

which he also brought up but neglected to mention he was the one who baited binga into that

 

[Smoooothy]

English fans having a cry about the bairstow dismissal.

lets imagine a world where bairstow was given not out for a moment

bairstow goes onto make a few more runs - he's not in great form - broad doesn't hang around for 2.5 hours with stokes, who also doesn't start slapping the ball to all parts - and the game is over very meekly sometime around tea time

 

[Gough]

20k posts, epic effort everyone. This thread is officially legendary.

 

[Joffaboy]

the spirit of the game varies according to whose side you’re playing with it seems. bairstow seems to be adept at ‘using’ rules when it suits. the more you look, the more he does this sort of thing

Bairstow: But I changed since then and have been shown the way with our cult leader Baz apogising 10 YEARS LATER in a speech and only because SANGAKARRA WAS IN THE ROOM.
We all worship at the alter of Baz as he is the self appointed saviour of Cricket and arbiter all things Spirit of Cricket, except when he does it.

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[Jimthegreat]

I would say the Carey one was less in the spirit of cricket than the Bairstow one, there has been more outrage over the Carey one which says something

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

One was in his crease when he threw it, and he threw it the very moment he took it, only for the dumbass batsman to walk out of his crease while the ball was live and in-flight, the other was utterly sneaky and underhanded holding the ball for an eternity waiting for the poor, unsuspecting batter to lift his foot one inch.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Yep,
In Perth kids say crease. No one wipes their foot on a mark.

Back in my day we said "wicket" or "wicket leave".

 

[Andrew Mc]

Back in my day we said "wicket" or "wicket leave".

"Batsmans release" it was when we left - don't remember anything for going into the crease, didn't really need it I guess. In before-school/recess/lunchtime games, you were fair game at any time you were out of your crease - multiple balls and bowlers complicated matters further!

 

[Sea eagle]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

One was in his crease when he threw it, and he threw it the very moment he took it, only for the dumbass batsman to walk out of his crease while the ball was live and in-flight, the other was utterly sneaky and underhanded holding the ball for an eternity waiting for the poor, unsuspecting batter to lift his foot one inch.

According to the laws the ball had settled in the keepers gloves with Bairstow.

 

[The Tilt]

Hahahahaha! Again, probably not suitable for work.

 

[beatnik]

Yep,
In Perth kids say crease. No one wipes their foot on a mark.

True…plus in every age group, you turn and look at the keeper…if you don’t, you’re fair game