The Cricket Thread

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

you were a CB right, would you tell a CF if he kept stepping offside?

never interrupt your enemy whilst they are making a mistake

If your opponent is badly injured would you play on? Leave the Muamba and Eriksen to die? Don't bring up feinting injury it's the same despicable action as cheating. The media with their obsession on winners at any cost has lost the ideal of sport and the armchair fans accept cheating as all part of the game.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

this talk of the coaches not drinking with them after the game I don't get either

how can you respect an opponent who doesn't do everything in their power to beat you, more importantly, if they don't, they don't respect you

look at stage 1 of the tour on Saturday, there is no way in the world Simon eased off so Adam could get a GT stage

Bet you were over the moon when Maradona knock the ball in against England and Henry did it to Ireland.

 

[Baleforce]

If your opponent is badly injured would you play on? Leave the Muamba and Eriksen to die? Don't bring up feinting injury it's the same despicable action as cheating. The media with their obsession on winners at any cost has lost the ideal of sport and the armchair fans accept cheating as all part of the game.

that's a completely different situation which has nothing to do with the game being played

 

[Baleforce]

Bet you were over the moon when Maradona knock the ball in against England and Henry did it to Ireland.

I was too young to appreciate it, but yes, I admire Maradona for that, the only people at fault there were the officials

 

[scaramanga]

you were a CB right, would you tell a CF if he kept stepping offside?

never interrupt your enemy whilst they are making a mistake

No I wouldn't, because football isn't a sport for gentlemen.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

I was too young to appreciate it, but yes, I admire Maradona for that, the only people at fault there were the officials

I'm sorry

 

[Baleforce]

No I wouldn't, because football isn't a sport for gentlemen.

the difference is whether its professional or not, there are no gentlemen (or women Reg) in professional sport

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

that's a completely different situation which has nothing to do with the game being played

Anything going on on the pitch is relevant, there are rules and a spirit in the game, if people don't understand that they'll never get it.

 

[Baleforce]

I'm sorry

I don't think I'm the only one, he's rightly considered by most, the greatest of all time

 

[Baleforce]

Anything going on on the pitch is relevant, there are rules and a spirit in the game, if people don't understand that they'll never get it.

if someone is medically hurt the referee stops it, that's the officials job, nothing to do with the participants in the game

and to be honest, when we stop play and kick the ball out when an opposition player is down, and the referee didn't stop it, I get annoyed

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

I don't think I'm the only one, he's rightly considered by most, the greatest of all


Doesn't give him the right to cheat, but I'm an old fart with different standards than today.

 

[scaramanga]

I'm fuzzy on the rules, do they need to verbally declare "over"?

They are supposed to so verbally but they're supposed to do it before leaving their position.

Even so, the same situation can occur between balls, during an over. So the general standard is the batsman steps back into his crease or taps in, then the play is dead.

 

[Baleforce]

They are supposed to so verbally but they're supposed to do it before leaving their position.

Even so, the same situation can occur between balls, during an over. So the general standard is the batsman steps back into his crease or taps in, then the play is dead.

Is it written in the rules?

That’s kinda all that matters here imo.

 

[scaramanga]

the difference is whether its professional or not, there are no gentlemen (or women Reg) in professional sport

It's not the defining line. One of the things that separates cricket from the sports for all the other types is that it should be played by gentlemen (and ladies now).

Obviously you won't find 11 gentlemen in Australia to form a team and they've been blurring those lines for a long time. For the rest of us (even the Welsh), it's just "not cricket"

 

[scaramanga]

Is it written in the rules?

That’s kinda all that matters here imo.

In which case, you appear to have misunderstood cricket. It's not a sport that can be whittled down to such matters like other sports.

 

[Baleforce]

In which case, you appear to have misunderstood cricket. It's not a sport that can be whittled down to such matters like other sports.

Defined rules are a prerequisite

 

[scaramanga]

Defined rules are a prerequisite

They're the minimum behavioural requirements. Doesn't mean all sports have to be like the ones where they're the maximum too.

 

[Glenda's Legs]

Defined rules are a prerequisite

There are defined rules of course but it is also now written into the laws of the game, via the Preamble, that the game is played with observance to both the laws, and to the 'spirit of cricket'. So both are in writing as applicable :




There were some commentators at the weekend saying that in this respect, cricket does makes things difficult for itself sometimes.
But I guess if you are involved in the sport at such a high level* you would be (should be) more than aware of the conventions and of what is acceptable or not within the 'spirit'.
(*and indeed at a much lower level)

 

[markysimmo]

 

[Baleforce]

There are defined rules of course but it is also now written into the laws of the game, via the Preamble, that the game is played with observance to both the laws, and to the 'spirit of cricket'. So both are in writing as applicable :

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There were some commentators at the weekend saying that in this respect, cricket does makes things difficult for itself sometimes.
But I guess if you are involved in the sport at such a high level* you would be (should be) more than aware of the conventions and of what is acceptable or not within the 'spirit'.
(*and indeed at a much lower level)

That seems like a woolly catch all to me.