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Post by Acumen on Jul 1, 2011 12:48:19 GMT
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Post by bob1953 on Sept 19, 2011 21:59:08 GMT
Totally agree with this. Runners should be banned
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Post by jaybee on Oct 15, 2011 11:30:43 GMT
I disagree; if bowlers are injured or taken ill they can be replaced by somebody else and a substitute can field in their stead.
A batsman can't be substituted so depriving an injured batsman of a runner could well have a disproportionate effect. There's already a double penalty for the batting side - the incapacity and the confusion which arises with 3 members of the batting side on the square at the same time.
Once again the problem is that the activities of the 'professionals' who try to gain an advantage by sham injury or illness are influencing too many national bodies to tinker with the Laws for competitions which are only a very small part of the overall cricketing scene.
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Post by missingleg on Oct 16, 2011 22:22:18 GMT
Agree with Jaybee. It's part of the spirit of cricket to allow an injured batsman to have help just like a fielder or bowler.
Thankfully, the laws remain the same so it only affects a tiny proportion of cricket that's played.
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Post by t2ddy on Nov 10, 2011 3:04:28 GMT
I am totally against that idea that an injured batsman cannot have a runner.
Thankfully, the laws remain the same so it only affects International cricket
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Post by t2ddy on Nov 10, 2011 3:05:53 GMT
I think that the DRS should be mandatory.
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Post by missingleg on Nov 10, 2011 15:57:03 GMT
It'll be interesting next season when all the players think that runners aren't allowed in local cricket too. I hate the way that cricket is tampered with - Laws, then regulations then playing conditions - why can't it be simpler like rugby or football?
The DRS, minus the untrustworthy Hotspot, should either be used for every appeal (to get as close to 100% 'correct' decisions as possible) or not used at all. Certainly players shouldn't be involved, in my opinion.
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Post by jaybee on Nov 11, 2011 12:10:04 GMT
The DRS, minus the untrustworthy Hotspot, should either be used for every appeal (to get as close to 100% 'correct' decisions as possible) or not used at all. Certainly players shouldn't be involved, in my opinion. I agree with missingleg but unfortunately the genie has been let out of the bottle (does anyone else remember the days when all the commentator said was 'that was a bit close'?). However as viewers will demand that all the high-tech gizmos remain, would this put more pressure on the poor old umpire or might it ease it a bit? Whichever way it turned out it would be likely to reduce the status of the man on the field. |
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Post by swerveman on Nov 12, 2011 11:36:33 GMT
I watched most of the replay this morning of that extraordinary Test Match at Newlands, and I'd say that the umpires weren't disgraced in any way when their decisions were overturned. As jaybee suggests, it might have eased the pressure on them a bit.
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