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Q: I hear people talk about the spirit of cricket and would say it means different things to different people.
I’d like to ask what in your opinion is the spirit of cricket?
A: It’s certainly not what I saw recently in a Sydney premier grade game. Batsmen ambled through for an easy single last ball of an over. One didn’t quite complete the run but began some gardening. Wicketkeeper grabbed the ball, removed the bails, howzat. Finger up, out under the laws of the game. There followed a two minute huddle during which the umpires apparently urged the captain to withdraw the appeal, but no, the “out” stood. Some of the fielding team were clearly unhappy with the decision. So when is the ball “dead”? To me, as soon as the batters have no intentions of running. After a delivery passes through to the wicket keeper, at what instant is the ball then dead? But there’s been some sort of happy ending, or karma, the batter in question two weeks ago featured in a 220 run undefeated partnership to beat, yes, the very same opposition.
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Q: What is the most surreal moment you've experienced in cricket?
A: I too was at Newlands, the next day spoke with the young camera operator at fine leg who laughed that every day all operators urged each other “catch the Aussies”. 30 odd cameras in play, so how come none of the touring party knew they were under surveillance for things other than batting and bowling?
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