Cricket things that annoy you
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Which is why the Big 3 need to look after the rest and pool some cash instead of gouging.
NZ have just been through a golden age yet we’ve hardly played them.
Everyone is up and about now because we’ve had a competitive season and we have England next but honestly last year had zero attraction.
Cricket is just as much to blame for that as footy. For years, the Australian cricket team was spending 9 months away from home, playing in all sorts of competitions overseas, or not playing at all. Touring teams would arrive in Australia sometimes before our Test team would. Squeeze in 5 Tests and a handful of limited overs games, and we were off overseas again.
Can't blame the AFL for thinking, "Well, if Cricket Australia doesn't want to maximize this time, we'll take it from them.
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Came here to post pretty much the same thing. January being devoured by domestic franchise T20 at the expense of international cricket is a disgrace.
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We all saw a brilliant catch the other night by Glenn Maxwell, taking off front inside the playing area, tapping it back into play, then recovering his place inside the field to complete the catch. Brilliant, and totally legal.
However, I am also seeing catches being paid to fielders who have not recovered their place inside the boundary before completing the catch. I saw another one today in the women's test series where the Australian fielder Gardner jumped outside the rope, tapped the ball back, but then didn't recover her position back inside the field. Having tapped the ball back, she then jumped from outside the rope to complete the catch.
Sorry, but that is SIX runs, not out. Seems they are just paying the effort these days, not the rules.
However, I am also seeing catches being paid to fielders who have not recovered their place inside the boundary before completing the catch. I saw another one today in the women's test series where the Australian fielder Gardner jumped outside the rope, tapped the ball back, but then didn't recover her position back inside the field. Having tapped the ball back, she then jumped from outside the rope to complete the catch.
Sorry, but that is SIX runs, not out. Seems they are just paying the effort these days, not the rules.
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Not sure what you mean by the bolded as that is out under the current rules (rule was changed in 2017 to allow these catches).
Here's Glenn Maxwell and the MCC explaining why it is out under the current rules (laws).
As long as you're first contact with the ball was from inside the boundary, once you throw it up you only need to not be grounded beyond the boundary when touching the ball subsequently.
I'm not sure what's so hard to comprehend about this rule tbh. It's been this way for as long as I've followed cricket...I never had a problem understanding it.
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On reading this article, it appears that the rule was changed in 2013.
Boundary catches explained: Why is that not a six? | cricket.com.au
It's the fielding act that sends the cricket world abuzz whenever it happens, but just what is the…
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Law. I've always like that cricket doesn't have rules it has laws.On reading this article, it appears that the rule was changed in 2013.
Boundary catches explained: Why is that not a six? | cricket.com.au
It's the fielding act that sends the cricket world abuzz whenever it happens, but just what is the…
sherb
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Funny, previous posters have referred to the word "rule", yet it took my post for you to pull someone up about it.
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It is a terrible law. Should have to establish yourself back in the field of play
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Never had this problem when the boundary was the picket fence
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One of the more ridiculous laws of Cricket around.
It was even worse when it first came in, as absolutely fair catches were being overturned because the player pushed themselves up off the ground with the ball in hand (at least that one got fixed eventually)
It was even worse when it first came in, as absolutely fair catches were being overturned because the player pushed themselves up off the ground with the ball in hand (at least that one got fixed eventually)
Imagine it's 9 down, eight runs to win....
...Konstas (of course!) takes a catch on the midwicket boundary, but - forever being the larrikin - he paddles the ball in the air and runs outside the boundary - jumps the fence and starts hopping around the Bay 13 seats (RayGun Kangaroo style!) whilst tapping the ball to himself in the air (maybe even chugs a beer!), before getting bored, and re-entering the field of play to complete the catch.
Meanwhile the batsmen run up and back eight times, scoring the winning run and start celebrating.
...Konstas (of course!) takes a catch on the midwicket boundary, but - forever being the larrikin - he paddles the ball in the air and runs outside the boundary - jumps the fence and starts hopping around the Bay 13 seats (RayGun Kangaroo style!) whilst tapping the ball to himself in the air (maybe even chugs a beer!), before getting bored, and re-entering the field of play to complete the catch.
Meanwhile the batsmen run up and back eight times, scoring the winning run and start celebrating.
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Yeah still should be out
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Isn't that a 6? Tapping the ball repeatedly to oneself is in fact controlling the ball, which takes place after the ball has crossed the boundary line => 6 runs. The ball is then dead.
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Both the Women’s Test and First Test on at the same time on the same channel overlapping for 3 days
It'd be worth someone trying this even if they **** up and lose the game
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technically as long as Amazon have the cricket rights, neither Fox or Ch7 have a claim to be "the home of cricket".
