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ICC World Cup 2019

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  • #1142
    StringerBell
    Registered Users Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭StringerBell


    Or you know, that they just made a mistake?

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



  • #1143
    [Deleted User]
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    jobeenfitz wrote: »
    He's admitted he's wrong, took a while but he got there. We all make mistakes. Saying he doesn't regret though. Not sure about that.

    Give him a week or two.

    its bizarre wording though. why shouldn't the second run count? the batsmen completed two runs and the ball went for four overthrows.


  • #1144
    Adamcp898
    Registered Users Posts: 5,469 ✭✭✭Adamcp898


    Aegir wrote: »
    its bizarre wording though. why shouldn't the second run count? the batsmen completed two runs and the ball went for four overthrows.

    It’s presumably to cover the eventuality where a particularly unscrupulous batsman might wait to see what way the fielder throws the ball, and then adjusts the path of his run accordingly to gain an advantage.


  • #1145
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,158 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Adamcp898 wrote: »
    It’s presumably to cover the eventuality where a particularly unscrupulous batsman might wait to see what way the fielder throws the ball, and then adjusts the path of his run accordingly to gain an advantage.
    I'm pretty sure the rules accommodate that, and if the batsman does something to deliberately divert the ball the extra runs would not count. However that as always requires judgment of intent by the umpires. Not certain but it could be the "obstructing the field" law that applies, which would result in the batsman being given out


  • #1146
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    Adamcp898 wrote: »
    It’s presumably to cover the eventuality where a particularly unscrupulous batsman might wait to see what way the fielder throws the ball, and then adjusts the path of his run accordingly to gain an advantage.

    Jason Roy was given out against South Africa for doing just that.


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  • #1147
    Adamcp898
    Registered Users Posts: 5,469 ✭✭✭Adamcp898


    Aegir wrote: »
    Jason Roy was given out against South Africa for doing just that.
    Beasty wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure the rules accommodate that, and if the batsman does something to deliberately divert the ball the extra runs would not count. However that as always requires judgment of intent by the umpires. Not certain but it could be the "obstructing the field" law that applies, which would result in the batsman being given out

    I was responding to the poster querying the "bizarre wording" of it.

    It's a little awkward alright, but it's trying to accurately pinpoint the moment of an event in as broad yet specific terms as possible, so as to encompass as many eventualities as possible as to just how that event may occur.

    Roy, as I recall, deliberately crossed the pitch in order to stop the chance of a wicket, whereas this rule is attempting to ascribe how and when runs may be counted in the event of an unintentional interference with the fielding of a ball.


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