Batsmen are cricket's privileged class, entitled, born to rule. If ever there was proof, the last two weeks were it.
First came West Indian Keemo Paul's Mankading of Zimbabwean Richard Ngarava to win an Under-19 World Cup knock-out game. Then umpire Richard Illingworth's mistaken call of no-ball denied Doug Bracewell the wicket of Adam Voges in the first New Zealand-Australia Test.
In the first instance, the principle was said to be unfair to the batsman. In the second, the solution was said to be unfair to the batsman. Always, batsmen are the species that must be protected.
Durhamfootman wrote:for gawds sake don't tell McGrath that batsmen are a protected species... he'll be reaching for his gun and a box of cartridges
dan08 wrote:Less than a month til the start of the World T20 and tickets still aren't on sale...
dan08 wrote:dan08 wrote:Less than a month til the start of the World T20 and tickets still aren't on sale...
Still not on sale. Wouldn't be surprised to see quite a few empty stadiums.
Durhamfootman wrote:where's it being held?
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