In a meeting held in Hong Kong on June 27, the Central Executive Committee of the ICC has ratified several controversial recommendations made by the ICC. These include making DRS mabndatory for all international matches. This had apparently been held up because of objections raised by India. But the Borad for Control of Cricket in [...]
Ever since the so-called hawk-eye came into use, home-grown cricket experts have been quick to condemn perceived umpiring errors. But purists would argue that cricket is about playing the game, not just about getting the right umpiring decisions. Getting down to specifics, the LBW rule, as proclaimed by the ICC manual has the phrase, ‘would [...]
In a recent IPL match, Tendulkar ‘caught’ Dravid in the slips. Dravid stood his ground; a review by the third umpire vindicated Dravid, as replays showed that the ball had touched the ground before being scooped up by the fielder. There have been no dearth of controversies, in respect of umpiring decisions with which one [...]
The ICC favours a phased implementation of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), which has been in experimental mode since November 2009. Under UDRS, a player who is not satisfied with the decision of the on-field umpires can ask the third umpire to review it. Thus, for instance, if the batsman has been given out [...]
Source: Wikipedia The movie Lagaan revolved around a cricket match in which the Rajah of an Indian rural town during the British Raj seeks to get free of the extortionate taxes (lagaan) the villagers have to pay the rulers. When the Rajah pleads for a reduction of the levy because of a bad monsoon and [...]
In an IPL 3 match between Bangalore and Mumbai, Harbhajan bowling to Pietersen saw the batsman advancing down the track, and with great presence of mind fired a wide down the legside. Consequently, Pietersen was stumped, although his team gained a run from the wide. There are several other occasions when a team scores a [...]
One of the popular laments of latter-day cricket captains is regarding the paucity of genuine all-rounders. Not so long ago, the likes of Botham and Kapil Dev strode the cricket field, batting, bowling and fielding with equal ease and felicity. For instance, India’s World Cup win in 1983 was built on the backs of men [...]
Arguably, the most dreaded of all cricket laws is the Duckworth and Lewis Method. Named after statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis, who introduced it to cricket, it is one of those intriguing aspects of sport that never get discussed, despite much confusion as to its basis, or its fairness, in a rain-affected match. Messrs [...]
As my title implies, the laws of cricket as applying to T20 internationals have been tailored to suit this format of the game. Hence we have rules relating to fielding restrictions ( no more than 5 fielders on the leg side), the free hit awarded after a front-foot no ball, and the ‘bowl out’ rule [...]
‘Handled the ball’ is among the rarer forms of dismissal in cricket. Because it is such a rare way of getting out, the umpire’s decision, more often than not, leads to controversy. This is all the more so, on account of a general ignorance of the laws, among players and spectators, alike. A negative aspect of [...]
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