Not really, if you check first they can’t appeal. YJB didn’t check anything, he just went for a wander a bit too early - different to dead-batting a ball at your feet and picking it up (he wouldn’t have done that without checking).
I didn’t realise a check is in the laws of the game. I always thought of it as a gentleman’s agreement. I umpired too
37.4I didn’t realise a check is in the laws of the game. I always thought of it as a gentleman’s agreement. I umpired too
Your Wisden check is a good spot. Gavaskar has made reference to it himself.I tried to find a description of Srikkanth's dismissal, the best I can find is this article in hindi:
भारत को जिताया वर्ल्ड कप, डेब्यू टेस्ट में कर दी ऐसी चूक…कपिल देव के साथी का आज भी उड़ाया जाता है मजाक
टीम इंडिया अबतक एक टी20 वर्ल्ड कप और दो 50 ओवरों का विश्व कप अपने नाम कर चुकी है. साल 1983 में कपिल देव की कप्तानी में भारत विश्व कप जीता. फिर 2007 में धोनी के नेतृत्व में टी20 विश्व कप और फिर 2007 में 50 ओवरों का विश्व कप भारत की झोली में आया. Kris srikkanth Run Out in debut test Kapil...hindi.news18.com
"Accident during test debut Chris Srikkanth's Test debut remains in controversy. In the first Test match of his career, this opening batsman of India made such a mistake that for a long time he remained a laughing stock in the team. Srikkanth made his Test debut during the match against England at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. He could not even open the account during the first innings. It was expected that runs would come from Srikanth's bat in the second innings, but due to his own mistake, he was out in this innings on a personal score of just 13 runs.
Actually, Srikanth is known as explosive batter but he was playing tuktuk in this match. They don't like doing that much. During batting, he was explaining to himself that he has to play slowly. At the score of 13 runs, he hit the ball in the direction of slip near John Embury. There was no run on this ball. Srikanth thought that he would throw the bad ball at the bowling end so that the next ball could be thrown. He himself was out of the crease. Meanwhile, the English player hit the ball directly on the wicket at the striker's end. In this way, Srikanth lost the wicket due to his own mistake.
After getting out, Srikanth sat on the pitch holding his head. At that time Nawab Pataudi was doing commentary. He said on Srikanth's move that it seemed that Srikanth had gone out for a walk on Juhu Beach. After returning to the pavilion, Srikkanth was also made fun of by Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar."
That's been put through Google translate, obviously. I can't read hindi.
I'd suggest there's a difference between walking out of your crease after letting the ball go through to the keeper, and hitting the ball to slip before going for a wander.
To be honest though, I'm not going to worry about seeming hypocritical based on incidents from more than 10 years before I was born.
Interestingly the Wisden report suggests Gower was previously run out by Srikkanth from short leg in perculiar circumstances, while making no reference at all to the Srikkanth's later dismissal. Which may suggest a degree of one-eyedness on the part of the report writer
I don't think it's cheating, and I think it's daft from Bairstow. But that doesn't stop it being a snide way to get somebody out.
Apart from anything else, I paid good money for my NowTV subscription, and I didn't pay it to watch anybody get dismissed by a gentle underarm from 15yds away while they weren't looking.
Nostalgia's not what it was either.
You really, really, didn't miss anything. That Test produced a positive result on a green top. The rest of the series was as dull as dishwater. I loved it, because it was cricket. But few others held the same enthusiasm.Actually, it just occurred to me that the best measure of how long ago that Bombay test took place is that not only was it before I was born, it was before James Anderson was born.
It's worth remembering that Cummins and the other Australian bowlers denied all knowledge of the sandpaper.
I would put money on David Warner (who has no love for Cricket Australia and still feels he was thrown under the bus for it more than even Smith was) at some point writing a book along the lines of “What the bowlers knew”. Remember these guys are so focused on the ball during a game they complain to the umpires if it hits an advertising board a bit hard, there is no way they didn’t notice what was happening.
My first series was the Ashes in 2001.
I felt really sorry for Bancroft in that one. He was just a youngster who would have been easily manipulated. I'd have handed most of his ban to Warner.
Oh blimey, you did well to survive without trauma, Headingley excepted.
Don't think Green will be embarrassed in any way.
I have a very clear image of Darren Gough knocking Mark Waugh's middle stump out at the Oval.
Of course it was intentional, Carey hadn't attempted it previously during the series.
It's a poor reflection on the Aussies if they've looked at Bairstow and thought
