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England v Australia - THE ASHES

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the angle it was coming it looked as if it was going to hit him square on in the face as he was turning round, then because it was slingy it tailed away. Either way it needs to be deliberate and if you're telling me Stokes, with his back turned at the point of impact and in that split second, literally, knew what he was doing then he is some sort of super human!
 
toffeemax said:
the angle it was coming it looked as if it was going to hit him square on in the face as he was turning round, then because it was slingy it tailed away. Either way it needs to be deliberate and if you're telling me Stokes, with his back turned at the point of impact and in that split second, literally, knew what he was doing then he is some sort of super human!
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Agree with that. If by the rules it's out then fine but if you see an upsurge of fast bowlers flinging the ball back at 100mph at a batsman from 10 yards because they may get a wicket then not sure how great a rule it is.
 
Minimeister said:
Agree with that. If by the rules it's out then fine but if you see an upsurge of fast bowlers flinging the ball back at 100mph at a batsman from 10 yards because they may get a wicket then not sure how great a rule it is.
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Then the batsman should stay in their crease :)
 

toffeemax said:
where they are on the pitch is irrelevant... 'obstructing the field of play,' is a broad term to mean anywhere irrespective of whether the batsmen is in crease or out.
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Yeah if you use your hands, the rest of your body is okay, you just got to stand there and take it. If you stay in your crease and the bowler throws it back at you, the umpire is going to have a word.
 
Don't understand why Billings isn't getting the nod to keep wicket? He is an excellent keeper, probably better than Buttler. Against NZ, when Buttler hurt his hand, Bairstow came straight in then as well and kept wicket even though Billings was already in the starting line up. Strange.
 
Joey66 said:
Yet a batsman can not,only kick the ball away if the ball is rolling back on to his stumps, he can now use his bat, in my playing days that was out for hitting the ball twice, so if u aim the ball at a batsman going for a run its out like today's game it should be only if it stops the wickets being hot or stopping a wicket keeper or fielder receiving the ball to stump you out this was not the case - stupid rule!
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wait what? i missed this being introduced. that's not right is it? surely watson would have ... okay, he's not the brightest .... surely watson would have smacked it away with his bat in the T20 when he tried to kick it away?
 
toffeejack said:
wait what? i missed this being introduced. that's not right is it? surely watson would have ... okay, he's not the brightest .... surely watson would have smacked it away with his bat in the T20 when he tried to kick it away?
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You can now use both feet , pads or bat, when facing a delivery if it rolls towards your wickets, in the old rules you could not use your bat as it was classed as hitting the ball twice which was a instant dismissal.
If Watson felt it was easier to kick then that was his option!
That was a rule change - their are so many conflicting rules in cricket i.e. A bowler can now slide his heel over the crease line, and that is not a no ball yet a batsman can have his foot on the batting crease line fully yet can be stumped, if not fully behind the popping crease line?
No sense to me- i played if the game when as a bowler I had to bowl his arm almost touching his ear on delivery, now we allow chuckers, slinging the ball like a discus to gain advantage!
Outlawed for an age till Muller the slinger came to town!
 
toffeejack said:
wait what? i missed this being introduced. that's not right is it? surely watson would have ... okay, he's not the brightest .... surely watson would have smacked it away with his bat in the T20 when he tried to kick it away?
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Yep, you can use your bat, but it's easy to panic and you assume you have more control over your feet than your bat. Hilarious way for him to get out though lol
 

Watson announced his retirement from test cricket today apparently.

Just before he had to deal with not getting selected anyway it is reasonable to suspect.
 
The Equaliser said:
Watson announced his retirement from test cricket today apparently.

Just before he had to deal with not getting selected anyway it is reasonable to suspect.
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he's been dropped and is 35 - he was almost certainly not going to play again anyway. with clarke and rodgers going they were more than likely to start again without him or voges as well.
 
Joey66 said:
You can now use both feet , pads or bat, when facing a delivery if it rolls towards your wickets, in the old rules you could not use your bat as it was classed as hitting the ball twice which was a instant dismissal.
If Watson felt it was easier to kick then that was his option!
That was a rule change - their are so many conflicting rules in cricket i.e. A bowler can now slide his heel over the crease line, and that is not a no ball yet a batsman can have his foot on the batting crease line fully yet can be stumped, if not fully behind the popping crease line?
No sense to me- i played if the game when as a bowler I had to bowl his arm almost touching his ear on delivery, now we allow chuckers, slinging the ball like a discus to gain advantage!
Outlawed for an age till Muller the slinger came to town!
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hmm don't like it. i don't see why these rules had to be changed, it just confuses things. things like batting powerplay and fielding restrictions are fine to change, but not things like this.
 

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