Dawson almost won it.....but then lost it. Also stupid running for the run out. Still had 4 balls left. Only needed a tickle down leg & the game was won.
Dawson almost won it.....but then lost it. Also stupid running for the run out. Still had 4 balls left. Only needed a tickle down leg & the game was won.
Topley didn't trust himself to keep another one out let alone score the winning runs - in 37 white ball internationals he has 50 wickets and 31 runs to his name and in all forms of the game has amassed 298 runs from 274 matches and 122 innings
Strange that the news are coming in during a series. Surely they could just say the old laws apply throughout the series & not change for the final game.
he was suspended this year for 4 months (Feb-June) due to an illegal action, then cleared .. it was mentioned during the Hundred that he had had problems .. as you say, he still looks like a chucker to me as well
The Laws need to be looked at but as it stands that's just no way to win a game of cricket.
If I were the skipper I would have withdrawn the appeal
the laws have been amended to 'allow' this form of dismissal .. this game was not a friendly played on the old village green, it was a game between two hard professional teams .. I didn't see the game, just a picture in today's paper. It seems that when the bails were removed, Dean was quite a way outside her crease, therefore she was trying to gain an unfair advantage and she didn't get away with it .. in my long ago days as a bowler, non striking batsmen leaving their ground too early used to really piss me off .. IF when batting I went down the wicket and was stumped, I didn't expect the keeper to 'let me off with a warning', I was out .. all this about 'not cricket' is for the birds, try to take an unfair advantage and get found out, tough, you're out .. in football, if you are if front of the last defender when the ball is passed to you, you're offside no ifs or buts .. IF you stray beyond your crease before the bowler bowls, you deserve to be given out
Its a shame that you only saw the newspaper image. There’s a tweet further up the page on this thread showing the ‘dismissal’ in full. Maybe then decide if the batter was trying to take an unfair advantage.
Here’s a screenshot of the frame where Dean left her crease. The bowler had already stopped her action and was just staring at the non-striker.
the commentary says it all 'it's in the laws of the game' .. so don't leave your crease until the ball has left the bowler's hand, DO NOT ANTICIPATE .. in this case the bowler outsmarted the batter .. unfortunate but there you go
I think the law should be changed so that when the bowler has passed the line of the stumps, then until it has left the bowlers hand it is not in play. This would have made this situation a dead ball. Dean is clearly not trying to take advantage and is in her crease at the time of what would have been the time of delivery by the bowler. If the batter had been trying to take advantage then I could have some sympathy. Imagine the impact this could have on junior cricket if this type of dismissal is treated as being acceptable? India should be ashamed of themselves.
Personally I couldn't care either way, as long as the rules are clear then it's up to the players out there to make a judgement as to how far they back up.
Indeed it's a big shame that the series has ended, as it would have been fun seeing the England bowlers trying to Mankad the Indians at every opportunity.
When will they learn that you cant play Willey and Curran together. Both good players (Curran better) but can be ineffective when conditions and the ball dont suit (Willey more so) to play both of them is ridiculous!
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We've had better starts!
THAT is how to win a close game
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Indeed it's a big shame that the series has ended, as it would have been fun seeing the England bowlers trying to Mankad the Indians at every opportunity.
Malan, Curran and Mark Wood returns and we have the long awaited return of Woakes
88-6.