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Post by barnacle on Mar 16, 2013 15:27:54 GMT
Interested to hear views on a batsman wearing a forearm guard. Can he/she be caught if the ball strikes the forearm guard ? Does it depend on if it is in contact with any part of the batting glove ?
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Post by gooders on Mar 16, 2013 17:53:26 GMT
Rather than just quote the law verbatim, I would suggest that you look up, and read carefully what it says in Law 6. Particularly the part about Hand or Glove to count as part of bat. Basically, regardless of whether the arm guard is or is not in contact with the glove, the answer to your initial query would have to be a very firm no.
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Post by barnacle on Mar 16, 2013 19:34:10 GMT
Thanks for your reply. That has been my understanding but this opinion was contradicted recently by a senior ump who advised that if the guard was in contact with the glove it was an extension of the bat. But 6.8 makes no reference.
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Post by gooders on Mar 17, 2013 9:04:57 GMT
It may seem a little pedantic, but next time you meet up with this 'senior' ump, just ask him to point out in the laws where it says this is the case. When he does, I would be interested for you to pass it on to the rest of the fraternity and in particular to instructors, so that we can be sure we are telling students the correct application of the law.
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Post by chiggers on Mar 19, 2013 15:34:30 GMT
I suppose it's just a matter of time before a manufacturer comes up with a glove that has the forearm guard integrated into it. That could raise some interesting questions of interpretation...
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Post by gooders on Mar 19, 2013 22:19:38 GMT
I suppose we could be pedantic and say that when they do that, it will be classed as part of the glove and hence part of the hand holding the bat then Chris. No doubt the ICC will come up with some weird playing condition to cover its use.
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