Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Cricket in the News
Its not everyday that you find an article about Cricket in a National newspaper like the New York Times and that too in its main section. Thanks to the "ball-tampering" row at the Oval, NY Times has a story in today's issue. I was surprised nee shocked to learn that in the 129 year history of test match cricket,this was the first Test match to have been forfeited by umpire's ruling.
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Indeed, I was watching the match live on sunday morning when it all happened - utter confusion. Almost all the commentators (Gower, Botham, Hussain, Raja, Lloyd, Holding, Atherton) were of the opinion that the match should have gone on after both teams were ready to play and that Darrell Hair was sort of a 'policeman' figure. None of the Sky Sports' 26 high speed cameras had picked up anything (scratching etc.).
The best article I've read so far is this one by Tim deLisle: Over-reacting to an over-reaction - see the conclusion where he says this was more than just a 'bad Hair day'.
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/257382.html
I don't know management, but here's my take on this: Chucking is very hard to call even in International cricket let alone club cricket like ours! They have research centers (Univ of Western Aus in Perth for one) and can analyse the biomechanics of an action to determine whether someone is deliberately straightening the elbow or is it an optical illusion (as in the case of Muralitharan and Shoaib Akhtar). So, if you can find a financer for this project then I say we crack down on the chuckers, but otherwise let it be and enjoy the game rather than focussing on that!
Well, since the management is ignoring *you* I guess you should take the hint and shut it. And by the way chucking happens when someone 'straightens' the elbow - nothing to do with bending.
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